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Event announces | 1) 24.05.2012: Last bells ringing in Tuvan schools (Tuva) |
2) 01.06.2012: Children's Day (Tuva) |
3) 15.08.2012: Day of the Republic, National festival (Tuva) |
4) 20.08.2012: Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Peoples Khoomey performer, Huun-Huur-Tu co-founder, turns 52 (Tuva) |
5) 11.09.2012: 80th anniversary of the great khoomeizhi Oorzhak Khunaashtar-ool (Tuva) |
6) 11.10.2012: 68th anniversary of Tuva joining Soviet Union (Tuva) |
7) 03.11.2012: 68th anniverasy of Alexandr Darzhai, Tuvan poet and traslator of Pushkin, Exupery (Tuva) |
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Posts of Januray 2006 
have been celebrated officially after decades of oblivion. January, 30 this time was fixed by the Resolution of the Great Khural of Tuva as the festive day based on the recommendations of the Tuva's Kamby-Lama. Night preachings took place in all the lamaseries of the republic and in the Drama theatre as well. People tried to fight the sleep as it is a general belief that one of the Deities during the night on the Shagaa's eve counts the souls. If you are asleep you won't be counted and will be devoide of a large portion of happiness. 
Founded a year ago on the All Russian Students' Day, January, 25, the youth 'Pyatiletka' club has celebrated its 1st anniversary. The club is hosted on the 2nd floor of the sportcomplex and during the daytime is the place for training sessions of breakdancers, rollers etc and during the nightime is a popular discoclub visited mostly by students. The club is financially supported by the Kyzyl municipal committee for the youth and sports. The yeasterday's birthday party in the club started with the official ceremony of honouring the best Tuvan students who in the 1st part of the day were awarded with the Mayor's premia.
A working meeting between Chairman of Tuva Republic's Government Sherig-ool Oorzhak and representatives of Siberian building companies took place in the executive committee of the interregional association Siberian Accord. At the meeting the participants discussed the issues of cooperation in housing construction from the standpoint of implementation of the national project 'Affordable and Comfortable Housing for Russian Citizens.' 
Two persons have drowned after a bus plunged through ice covering on the Big Yenisei, the local department of the Emergency Situations Ministry reports today. All the other 20 passengers of the privately-owned bus have been rescued. The accident took place at 4.40 p.m. local time (9.40 GMT) near the village of Kara-Khaak 20 km to the north of Kyzyl when the bus crashed through the 55-cm thick ice.
'Mystery of Asia' fashion collection, presented by the 'Edegei' ensemble (Tuva) at the V All-Russian Festival for the Youth and Children's Creative Works held during the school vacations in Moscow, was recognzed the best and awarded with the Grand Prix. Tuvan models, senior school-children, were greated with a storm of applause. They looked very professional in spite of the other competitors including those from Moscow. This collection was already marked by the highest estimation of the jury at the Panmongolian contest held in Ulan-Ude.
When is Shagaa this year? Ken, Scotland
Every week you can be a participant of the photo-contest 'One Day in the Life of Tuva and Tuvans'. No matter where you are - in Tuva or outside it but then necessarily in a company of Tuvans - make a picture of what you are witnessing, send your photo to the Tuvan 'Uraanhay-Weekly' (uraanhay@mail.ru) and become a winner of the photo-contest. The winner of the week will get a prize money (10 dollars), that of the year - an annual subscription to the Tuvan weekly.