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thumb|upright|Tsuur player The tsuur (цуур, Mongolian), choor (Kyrgyz), chuur (шоор, Tuvan), sybyzgy (Kazakh), or kurai (Bashkir) is an end-blown flute of varying lengths that is common among Inner Asian pastoralists.

Key facts

Instrument.name
TsuurЦуур
Instrument.names
Choor, chuur (шоор)
Instrument.image
Tsuur.jpg
Instrument.caption
Tsuur player
Instrument.background
woodwind
Instrument.classification
End-blown flute
Instrument.related
Sybyzgy, kurai
Instrument.articles
Music of Mongolia
Intangible heritage.ICH
Traditional music of the Tsuur
Intangible heritage.State Party
Mongolia
Intangible heritage.ID
00312
Intangible heritage.Region
APA
Intangible heritage.Year
2009
Intangible heritage.Session
4th
Intangible heritage.List
Need of Urgent Safeguarding

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thumb|upright|Tsuur player The tsuur (цуур, Mongolian), choor (Kyrgyz), chuur (шоор, Tuvan), sybyzgy (Kazakh), or kurai (Bashkir) is an end-blown flute of varying lengths that is common among Inner Asian pastoralists.

In western Mongolia it is mainly used by the Altai Uriankhai people, although other ethnic groups like the Kazakhs and the Tuvans are known to play them or have played them.

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