Screenshot from video below
In the video below the two young lads recorded the video live in the Altai Mountains in Russia and it is a form of singing called Altai Throat Singing.
From an article on To Discover Russia:
"Passing on legends and traditions from generation to generation the people of Altai, like many other nations, accomplishedthrough singing. Altai traditions are passed on as poems in the form of epics.The epic (“kai”) is performed not just as a story, but as a legend, accompanied by music on Altai folk instruments. Epics are sung with a special, throat singing. Sometimes a kai can be sung for hours or even days –kais reflect cautionary tales oftheir heroes.
With the use of throat singing of epics the people of Altai preserved their cultural traditions and passed them on to next generations.
Usually kais were performed after dark, which added to the performance and the storyteller some magical flare."
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