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13 August 2012 | Views: 2263 | Comments: 0 |
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 Singers from 13 countries, including Russia, have competed in the geographical centre of Asia.
Each participant was to perform two songs – an international hit and a folk song in modern interpretation. Grand-Prix of the Festival “Melodies of Sayan Mountains’ and a money premium of 200 000 roubles (7 000 dollars) went to Buryatia with Irina Shagdurova who was recognized the best.
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3 August 2012 | Views: 4411 | Comments: 0 |
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 The 3rd International Felt Festival "Patterns of Life" will take place on 15 August on Arat square within the framework of Naadym, cattle-breeders’ holiday. It will be possible to see and obtain felt products and souvenirs made in various corners of Russia and Mongolia. Master craftsmen from Kazachstan, Republic Altai, Bashkortostan, Khakassia, as well as from many aimaks of Mongolia will participate in the festival. There will be an exhibition and sale of yurts, a fair of folk industries products, felt-making workshops by artisans who have preserved traditional methods, and competitions.
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Heda Jindrak, photo by Dina Oyun |
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29 June 2012 | Views: 3040 | Comments: 0 |
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 In the course of the past 10 years, Tuvan folkloristics, in the context of ethnography, has changed in a significant way. More exactly, it has changed under the influence of interest of Western culture in our unique folk culture. I have not thought before that the Japanese, Americans and Germans would show any interest in it or in our language.
Now, representatives of these nations study Tuvan language at the TGU base with great interest. This is evidence that they, first of all, are searching for the secrets of a method of learning khoomei. Khoomei and stone carving attract great interest of many people in various corners of the planet.
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Kuular Cherlig-ool, Tuvinskaya pravda newspaper, translated by Heda Jindrak |
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20 June 2012 | Views: 8169 | Comments: 0 |
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 The first days of the second field season of the archeological-geological expedition of Russian Geographic Society "Kyzyl - Kuragino", taking place in the Valley of Tsars (Tuva) has already made an interesting discovery. A young member of the team, Chingis Tulush discovered a gold earring with a convexity and a ring of small beads in the stone embankment of "Ak-Dag-2" burial grounds.
The Eerbek archeological team is led by Demir Tulush, a staff member of the archeology section of TIGI. Together with the Institute of material culture of Russian Academy of Sciences, he leads the work on the burial grounds "Ak-Dag-2" as well as "Eerbek-10".
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Valeria Kan, translated by Heda Jindrak |
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19 June 2012 | Views: 3119 | Comments: 0 |
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 Lynn Johnson faced a daunting task: make photos that embody the cultures of little-known or vanishing languages. In some cases she began with a certain word or phrase; other times she relied on instinct to find a captivating image.
In the Republic of Tuva, in Russia, Johnson visited a center where shamans counsel suffering souls. “People unburden their hearts and minds of things they feel are sabotaging their lives,” she says
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6 June 2012 | Views: 2863 | Comments: 0 |
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Authorities of Republic Altai are submitting an application to increase the list of objects of UNESCO nature heritage in the category "Altai - Golden Mountains", because of the cultural and archeological monuments, and to include throat-singing in the list of World Heritage intangible treasures, as Ivan Belekov, the leader of UNESCO representatives in the region announced during a meeting with international experts on Sunday. Currently, the UNESCO Nature Heritage in the category "Altai- Golden Mountains" includes the Altai and Katun state biospheric natural reserves, nature park "Ukok zone of Peace", nature park "Belukha" and Teletskoye Lake. The local authorities, researchers, and scientists believe that aside from unique nature, Gorniy Altai also possesses significant cultural heritage.
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RIA Novosti, translated by Heda Jindrak |
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24 May 2012 | Views: 2637 | Comments: 0 |
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 Children's literary web-site "Raduga Tuvy" (Tuvan Rainbow") will be one year old in May. During this t period, a quite rich collection of stories appeared on it - more than 60 of best translations of Tuvan folklore, 10 books of prose and seven books of verse by Tuvan writers.
"Raduga Tuvy" is the fruit of collective thought and work. The best Tuvan writers gave permission for publication of their books: Mongush Kenin-Lopsan, Alexander Darzhai, Cherlig-ool Kuular, Choodu Kara-Kuske, Mariya Khadakhane, Kombu Bizhek, Ekaterina Tanova. Kyzyl-Enik Kudazhi's historical tetralogy "Ulug-Khem neugomonnyi" is published with permission of the author's granddaughter Inna Savyr.
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Inna Printseva, translated by Heda Jindrak, drawing by Valeri Yelizarov |
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22 May 2012 | Views: 4413 | Comments: 0 |
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 The builders are planning to finish the tallest statue of the Buddha in Russia, which will stand in Kyzyl, in 2012.
Two years ago, Buddhist lamas proposed the idea to erect the tallest gilded statue of Buddha Shakyamuni in Russia near Kyzyl. The statue is to be 15 meters tall. The monument, located on Mt. Dogee, will consist of a 6-meter throne with the meditating Buddha seated on it in lotus pose. At first, the statue was supposed to be 40 meters tall. However, on the advice of the planners, the builders decided to decrease it to 15 meters to be better able to withstand seismic events. Even this will still make it the tallest in Russia.
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RIA Novosti, translated by Heda Jindrak |
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14 May 2012 | Views: 2267 | Comments: 0 |
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 International Scientific Center "Khoomei" published a book "Chonnun khoomeizhis - Gennadiy Tumat". The book is a collection of letters and verse of Gennadiy Tumat, (1964 - 1995), as well as reminiscences about the legendary master of throat-singing, who, together with the musicologist Zoya Kyrgys, founded the first throat-singing ensemble in Tuvan history in 1988, "Tyva". The musician and the scientist together put together the repertoire of the new group, searching for treasures in the Tuvan NIIYaLI archives.
The legendary ensemble "Tyva" gave birth to many famous stars of Tuvan khoomei: Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Kongar-ool Ondar, Stanislav Danmaa, Evgeniy Oyun, Boris Kherlii, Ivan Saryglar, and Otkun Dostai.
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Dina Oyun, tuvaculture.ru, translated by Heda Jindrak |
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19 April 2012 | Views: 2539 | Comments: 0 |
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 Unique ensemble "Tyva" from Kyzyl will perform at the Small concert hall of Krasnoyarsk, as announced by the Philharmony press-service.
"This is the first folk music ensemble in Republic Tyva, founded in 1988 to help the renaissance of Tuvan folk culture and for preservation of performing traditions of throat-singing, - we wee told. - From the first day when the ensemble was founded, the program is based on the five styles - sygyt, khoomei, kargyraa, ezengileer, and borbannadyr - with which the singer can produce two or more sounds at the same time."
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krskplus.ru, translated by Heda Jindrak |
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