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Livestock is doing well this winter in remote Tuvan districts

gov.tuva.ru, translated by Heda Jindrak — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:43:00 +0800

By the early January, the expenditure of animal feeds was 1179 tons. 5027 tons are still available, which will allow the wintering to proceed without problems. By 10 February, representatives from reindeer-herding groups will be coming to the district center to participate in the annual holiday - festival of Todzha reindeer herders, as the zoo-technician of the farming administration, of Todzha, Oksana Lopsan announced.

Tuva. A camel farm

Galina Murygina, Tuvinskaya pravda, translated by Heda Jindrak — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:43:00 +0800

One of the first depictions of this imperial animals on Tuvan territory was found by archeologists in the district of Upper Yenisei. An ancient artist engraved the drawing of a camel already in the first century before our era.

The camel - "teve" - is mentioned many times in Tuvan folk epics, where the animal is compared to the hero-warrior, whose nostrils spout smoke, and whose step shakes and crumbles mountains. There have always been camels in Tuva. Nevertheless, they remain, and probably will remain exotic even for Tuvan residents for many years to come.

National artist of Russia and Tuva, Nadezhda Kuular will hold a benefit concert

Tuvinskaya pravda, translated by Heda Jindrak — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:33:00 +0800

Today, national artist of Russia and Tuva is holding a benefit concert. She is saying good-bye to the State ensemble "Sayany", with whom she worked for many years.

Apparently, love for folk song is inherited in mother's milk. The singer's mother, Opal Agban-Shyyrapovna, who is now 81 years old, won the Grand-Prix of festival-contest "Folk Song - 2011".

At the concert, they will together sing a song about their native places.

Tuva: People of Action. Bee Keepers Alexander Vlasov and Dolaana Anchy.

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:08:00 +0800

Alexander Vlasov considers himself a hereditary beekeeper. Already his mother had several bee hives,

- But my parents' bees somehow all died at the same time, and they did not repeat the attempt. Remembering this sad experience, I supplied myself with the necessary literature, but there are no bee pharmacies or stores in Tuva, so I had to go to Abakan, - he relates.

Front veteran Vera Bailak receives a certificate as No.1 sheep herder- thousander

Info from government press-service, translated by Heda Jindrak — Fri, 13 May 2011 19:17:00 +0800

The legendary ambulance soldier of the cavalry squadron, veteran of great Patriotic War, mother-heroine, a head of a large farming co-operative, Vera Chuldumovna Bailak has become a sheep herder-thousander No.1. She received the certificate on May 9 at the 5-Years of Soviet Tuva Stadium from the head of Tuva, Sholban Kara-ool. Vera Bailak expressed holiday greetings to everybody, and wished them - "Support one another, and together solve today's problems in Tuva. Everybody should have a part in the development of the republic. The flowering of our native country depends on that."

Tuva received the gold medal of the "Tursib" exhibition

Tuva.asia, translated by Heda Jindrak — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:48:00 +0800

Today was the last day of the International exhibition of tourist and recreational services and airlines, "Tursib-2011, which took place in MVD "Sibirskaya Yarmarka" in Novosibirsk. Among the multitude of Russian and international participants, the Tuvan presentation booth was visibly different in its exotic appearance, at the very least to visitors who are used to relax on sandy beaches of foreign countries. A traditional Tuvan yurt, with interior furnishings, masters of the yurt wearing national attire and a shaman with a drum presented an inimitable image of Tuva. People approached, examined the yurt with interest, took photographs.

Dmitri Medvedev supports the right to early pension for Tuvan throat singers

Government of RT, translated by Heda Jindrak — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:53:00 +0800

Soon, throat-singers may be equal in their rights with ballet masters and opera singers. On April 6 president of Russia Dmitri Medvedev confirmed the list of directives after a meeting with cultural workers on March 24, 2011. The document contains a significant point concerning Tuvan throat-singers. The ministry of health care and social development and the ministry of culture of Russian Federation were given the task to review the matter of giving vocal artists - Tuvan throat-singers - the right to receive their pension early and to take appropriate measures. The deadline is 1 September 2011.

A lynx attacked a sheep barn in Tuva. 76 sheep perished

Info from the government press-service translated by Heda Jindrak — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:45:00 +0700

76 sheep, 5 lambs, and one calf perished as a result of an attack on a sheepherding station of Oyun-ool Mongush in Duvuren of Sailyg sumon of the Chedi-Khol kozhuun. According to information from the Hunting and fishing commission of Tuva, predators invaded the koshara (shee barn) through the upper ventilation opening. The livestock died, mostly, as a result of pressure-suffocation from fright.

Made in Tuva: the taste of Grandmother's cheese

Aldynai Salchak, www.kyzyl.ru, translated by Heda Jindrak — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:10:00 +0700

Mai-ool Mongush, a resident of Kyzyl, has started his business in 2009, when he received a grant of the chairman of the government of Tuva - 300 thousand rubles. Now the businessman is already making seven brand products - sour milk beverage "Bozha", national dish chokpek with various flavors, bozhazhyk - a Tuvan cottage cheese, kurut, fast-cooking dalgan "Jachmenka", and Tuvan cheese - byshtak.

He also has millet in production, which is one of Tuvan favorites. They eat it with cream, and it can be soaked in milk tea, and a real Tuvan folk dish is ready. It is a family business

Novosibirsk will have air connections with Tuva and Altai

RIA Novosti, translated by Heda Jindrak — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 08:57:00 +0700

Regular regional flights from Novosibirsk to Novokuznetsk (Kemerovo region), Kyzyl(Tyva) and Abakan (Khakassia) will start in the summer of this year.

"One of our biggest directions which was developing successfully in 2010 is regional transport. we opened flights to Tomsk, Omsk and Gorno-Altaisk. We are planning to open flights to all the subjects of Siberian Federal circle by the end of this year, or by the next spring of next year", announced the general director of Novosibirsk international airport Tolmachevo, Alexander Borodin, to the journalists on Monday.