One less known trace of Mongolian–Chinese cultural hybridity can be found in music as both nations have a tradition of performing on bowed string instruments.

Recently, interest in Indigenous languages has intensified in some republics of Russia. Communities appear on various social media, helping to learn languages and use them in everyday life.

Combining the specific counter-alto singing with accordion enables two musical ladies to give new life to cultural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from XIX century lyrical poetry to Sephardic Jewish folk songs.

Sevdalinka (also known as sevdah) is the folk musical expression characteristic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has taken deep roots in the musical cultures of several other Western Balkans countries.

Overall, the accelerated and intensified assimilation program appears to have worked, and the authorities seem to have loosened the reins.