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Performance: Alash Ensemble - Tuvan Throat Singers and Musicians

17 January 2008 | Views: 1372 | Comments: 0

The tiny republic of Tuva is a giant when it comes to mastery of the human voice. The ancient tradition of throat singing (xoomei in Tuvan) developed among the nomadic herdsmen of Central Asia. Passed down through the generations, but largely unheard by the outside world, xoomei is now the subject of international fascination and has become Tuva's best known export.

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68	Yale Daily News

Event announces

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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