Young girl playing Yatga - Yatuga (string instrument) at Naadam Festival. Mongolia. The yatga is a half-tube zither with a movable bridge. It is constructed as a box with a convex surface and an end bent towards the ground. The strings are plucked and the sound is very smooth. The instrument was considered to be sacrosanct and playing it was a rite, bound to taboos. The instrument was mainly used at court and in monasteries, since strings symbolized the twelve levels of the palace hierarchy.
Young girl playing Yatga - Yatuga (string instrument) at Naadam Festival. Mongolia. The yatga is a half-tube zither with a movable bridge. It is constructed as a box with a convex surface and an end bent towards the ground. The strings are plucked and the sound is very smooth. The instrument was considered to be sacrosanct and playing it was a rite, bound to taboos. The instrument was mainly used at court and in monasteries, since strings symbolized the twelve levels of the palace hierarchy.
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Location: Central Mongolia, Bulgam, Mongolia
Photo credit: © Thomas L. Kelly / Aurora Photos / Alamy / Afripics
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