AtDtDA(28): Borbanngadyr

[Dave Monroe]

   "'They call it borbanngadyr,' Prance explained.  'Perhaps shamans
are the only ones who know how to be in two states at once.  On the
other hand ...'" (AtD, Pt. IV, p. 786)


"between the Sayan and Tannu-Ola ranges"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayan_Mountains
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannu-Ola_Mountains

the Sayan

The Sayan is a mountain range in southern Siberia. The eastern Sauan
extends 600 miles from the Yenisei to the southwest end of Lake
Baikal, and the western Sayan forms the eastern continuation of the
Altay Mountains.

Tannu-Ola

The Tannu-Ola mountain range is in southern Siberia extending
east-west direction and curves along the Mongolian border.

http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_768-791#Page_786


Tuva

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuva

"Whatever happened to Tannu Tuva?"

http://www.fotuva.org/

Tuva is a part of Russia, inhabited by a Turkic people related to the
nearby Mongolians. Tuvans are known abroad for khoomei (xöömej), a
kind of throat singing, in which the throat is constricted and the
mouth cavity is shaped to select overtones of the fundamental produced
by the vocal folds, resulting in the simultaneous singing of multiple
pitches.

There is debate as to the exact number of styles or techniques the
Tuvans use in their throat singing. The three principal styles are
xöömej, kargyraa, and sygyt. Additional recognized styles include
borbangnadyr, chylandyk, dumchuktaar, ezengileer, and kanzyp. Some
consider these additional styles to be variations or modifications of
the three principal styles....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Tuva


"an unearthly guttural singing"

Overtone singing, also known as throat singing, overtone chanting, or
harmonic singing, is a type of singing in which the singer manipulates
the harmonic resonances (or formants) created as air travels from the
lungs, past the vocal folds, and out the lips to produce a melody.
Throat singing is both a generic and a specific term. Generally, the
term is applied to any singing style which entails the application of
a harsh voice or some other constriction, although it is sometimes
incorrectly applied to unconstricted overtone singing. Specifically,
the term refers to a type of Central Asian overtone singing....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtone_singing

The Wikipedia entry linked in the previous annotation mentions, but
doesn't describe, a style of overtone singing called borbangnadyr.
Same letters arranged differently. It doesn't follow that there is a
typo; transliteration from languages like Tuvan without "literary"
histories is often controversial.

http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_768-791#Page_786

Huun-Huur-Tu, "Borbanngadyr"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlJ_Z-mL6EY
http://www.amazon.com/Borbanngadyr/dp/B000S4L86I

Genghis Blues (1999)

http://www.genghisblues.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187859/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMiFKUJ7VzE


"'This is the heart of Earth'"

The Heart of the World (2000)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0260948/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWmrWfPTmI
http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=heartoftheworld