{
  "name": "North Asian Music",
  "description": "Music of the indigenous peoples of Siberia, the Russian Far East, and outlying islands.",
  "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/north-asian-music/",
  "parent": "Asian Music",
  "level": "sub-2",
  "children_count": 12,
  "children": [
    {
      "name": "Ainu Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ainu-music/",
      "description": "Music of the Ainu people from Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands, and part of Sakhalin.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "North Asian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Altai Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/altai-music/",
      "description": "Music of the Altai people, an ethnic group who live in central Russia near the border of Mongolia and Kazakhstan.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "North Asian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chukchi Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/chukchi-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Chukchi people.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "North Asian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kai",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/kai/",
      "description": "Prevalent in the Altai-Sayan region and rooted in Shamanic traditions, it is renowned for its emphasis on the low vocal register and is revered as a sacred medium for communicating with all nature and the spirits.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "North Asian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Khakas Traditional Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/khakas-traditional-music/",
      "description": "Traditions of the Khakas Republic (part of the Russian Federation), a form of Turkic music related to the musics of neighboring Tuva, Altai and Mongolia.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "North Asian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Manchu Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/manchu-music/",
      "description": "Music of the Manchu people.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "North Asian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mongolian Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/mongolian-music/",
      "description": "Music of the Mongols.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "North Asian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nivkh Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/nivkh-music/",
      "description": "Music of the Nivkh people inhabiting northern Sakhalin, the adjacent coast of the Russian Far East, and regions around the Amur River.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "North Asian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ob-Ugric Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ob-ugric-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Ob-Ugric people of West Siberia Plain.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "North Asian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sakha Traditional Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/sakha-traditional-music/",
      "description": "Traditional music of Sakha (a.k.a. Yakut) people, mostly living in their homeland - Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (part of Russian Federation).",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "North Asian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Samoyedic Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/samoyedic-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Samoyedic peoples.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "North Asian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tuvan Throat Singing",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/tuvan-throat-singing/",
      "description": "Traditional style of singing found in Tuva, an autonomous region of the Russian Federation situated in southern Siberia.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "North Asian Music"
    }
  ]
}