The morin khuur is the national instrument of Mongolia. ✨🎤Its long neck ends with a carved horse head, and its two strings are made from horsehair. ✨🎤People say its sound can cry like the wind and sing like a horse. ✨🎤

An old legend tells of a herder named Namjil who owned a magical flying horse. ✨🎤A jealous person killed the horse, and Namjil's heart was broken. ✨🎤In his dream, the horse told him to make an instrument from its body, so they could stay together forever. ✨🎤

Namjil carved the first morin khuur with a horse's head on top. ✨🎤When he played, everyone heard his horse running across the sky. ✨🎤Today the morin khuur is protected by UNESCO as a treasure of world culture. ✨🎤