- Source: Batzorig Vaanchig
Batzorig Vaanchig (Mongolian: Батзориг Ваанчиг; born August 3, 1977) is a Mongolian throat singer. He first garnered attention for a video of him singing "Chinggis Khaanii Magtaal" (In Praise of Genghis Khan) on top of a mountain in Mongolia. He later sang more Mongolian folk songs using his throat singing skills.
Batzorig was born in 1977 in Zag, Mongolia. In 2014, he started throat singing on YouTube. He uploaded a video of him singing "Chinggis Khaanii Magtaal", a Mongolian folk song, on top of a mountain in Bayanhongor, Mongolia, whilst playing a morin khuur. The video has a total of 25 million views as of 2024. Also in 2014, Batzorig made a cameo in the Netflix series Marco Polo, as a throat singing musician in a military camp. Batzorig is also part of a musical band called Khusugtun. In 2020, Batzorig posted a video of his throat singing with his daughter, Maral Batzorig. The video also became famous as it reached almost 5 million views.
In August 2023, Batzorig performed his throat singing on CNN to Richard Quest in Ulaanbaatar, during Quest's visit in Mongolia.
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- Batzorig Vaanchig
- Batzorig
- Tuvan throat singing
- Morin khuur
- Tovshuur
- Marco Polo (2014 TV series)
- Khusugtun
- List of overtone musicians
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- Shadowboxer (album)
