Big Blog no. 2: One Last Music Culture
A society's culture is comprised of all its ideas and ways of behaving. Language, music, moral ideas, ways of working and playing, the tools and objects made and used by people in society. All of these are reflected in a society's culture. Learning a new culture requires adapting to its norms and rules. Dealing with this kind of change comes with new lessons, new understandings of life and new perspectives. Individuals must learn things from scratch, learn how to understand the culture and most importantly people must stop making assumptions. One culture we can learn a lot from would be that of southern Siberia and western Mongolia. Here, they participate in throat-singing. Let us be honest, it does sound a little weird. But with everything unique comes curiosity. Throat-singing is a unique vocalization from three cultures. According to a website article called Folkways, it is said that humans were only thought to produce one note at a time. However, with throat-singing, a s...