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- ↑ News on the exaltation of Mongolian Statehood Long Song at the Statehood History Museum on Mongolian news site. Date April 12, 2012
- ↑ 'Mongolian Statehood Long Song' Triple-CD album. Author: M.Dorjdagva. Translation by G.Delgermaa. 2013
- ↑ A TV program of Mongolian scholars valuing the importance of the 'Mongolian Statehood Long Songs' /in Mongolian/. Soon English subtitle will be available
- ↑ 'Mongolian Statehood Long Song' Official Facebook page /in Mongolian/ English page coming soon by Dec 1, 2014
- ↑ Cultural Heritage Center of Mongolia under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Ministry of Mongolia. Official site
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Mongolia Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ PILCHER, Ojuna W., “‘You Can’t Sing Urtyn Duu If You Don’t Know How to Ride a Horse’: Urtyn Duu in Alshaa, Inner Mongolia,” Asian Music, 2018, pp. 4–33.
