NP, but Mongolian hip hop, the oral tradition and throat singing

[kelber at mindspring.com]

OK, this is Mongolia, not Kyrgystan, but it's hard not to think of the New Turkic Alphabet sequence while viewing this.  Some of the issues this video raises: is the Western addition of hip hop destroying the folk traditions, or can Mongolians add their own elements to make it theirs?  Does connecting with foreign music enhance the lives ofMongolian rappers, or relegate them to being just a lesser outpost of the international hip hop culture?

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2012/10/2012103113231574635.html

Laura