This tune is performed by traders of the Annapurna region of Nepal, where people usually carry goods on the back of mules and horses. The tune is played while the mules and horses graze for a short while on the route to the destination. The tempo is slow, referring to the tiredness of both the traders and their cattle.

This tune is performed by the herdsmen of the far-western region of Nepal. In that region, herdsmen usually rear sheep and cows. Generally, they take their cattle to the meadows of highlands where there is plenty of grass for grazing. The weather of the highlands is snowy and foggy; hence, the herdsmen play this tune to cope with the weather.

This tune is performed by the Magar herdsmen of the Tanahu district. This tune is played at a medium tempo when the herdsmen take their cattle to graze on the banks of the Marsyangdi River.

Ngư tiều canh mục cách song describes the farmer’s work, such as fishing, collecting firewood, farming, and tending cattle.

The milking song is one of the very few work songs involving cattle farming sung by nomads. The lyrics express the hope that milk will flow like fountains from the animal (goat, sheep, or cow) that they are milking.

Mongolian well-wishing is a powerful expression of the miraculous capacity of words. It is one of the genres of Mongolian oral poetry that uses melodies. Briefly, benedictions (well-wishing) propitiate people’s future happiness and well-being through skilfully composed and recited poems. There are thousands of benedictions on various subjects. For instance there are benedictions recited while beating the sweat cloth of a saddle, while distilling milk vodka, while celebrating a birth, and while cutting an infant’s hair for the first time. Besides ancient benedictions, many contemporary benedictions are being kept at the ILL. These include benedictions for a new ger, weddings, a child’s first haircut, endowment practices, mare-milking ceremonies, foal-branding ceremonies, the People’s Revolution, and others for the military.