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Hearts in Their Throats

18 March 2006 | Views: 906 | Comments: 0

Tuva’s throat-singing musicians have hit the United States. A talk with the country’s superstar.

Imagine a human bagpipe—a person who could sing a sustained low note while humming an eerie, whistlelike melody. For good measure, toss in a thrumming rhythm similar to that of a jaw harp, but produced vocally—by the same person, at the same time. It sounds impossible, but such a style of singing exists. It’s called throat singing, or overtone singing, and it’s reached its highest state of refinement in the tiny Central Asian republic of Tuva, situated between Mongolia and Siberia (and now part of the Russian Federation).

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1) 15.02.2012: 55th anniversary of Eugene Tkachov, drum-player of Yat-Kha group (Russia)

2) 22.02.2012: at dawn comes Shagaa, Buddist New Year (Tuva)

3) 23.02.2012: Motherland defenders' Day

4) 01.03.2012: 75th anniversary of Bizhek Kombu, poet, stone-carver (Moscow)

5) 02.03.2012: 84th anniversary of Marzhymal Ondar (1928-1994), people's khoomeizhi, traditional instruments' maker (Tuva)

6) 04.03.2012: Presidential Elections' Day (Russia)

7) 08.03.2012: Mother's Day (Russia)

8) 17.03.2012: 34th anniversary of Sean Quirk, Alash ensemble manager (Tuva)

9) 10.04.2012: 87th anniversary of Mongush Kenin-Lopsan, prominent Tuvan shamanism researcher, historian, writer (Tuva)

10) 12.04.2012: 86th anniversary from the birthdate of Sevyan Vainshtein (1926-2008), prominent Russian ethnographer (Moscow)

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