In its analytical report UNESCO rated Russia among other G8 countries in terms of the youth education level. According to the report, there are three times as many young people with secondary vocational educations in Russia as in developed countries. In addition, in terms of the youth education level, Russia does not trail developed countries and in certain aspects more than equals them.
Different traditions of khomus playing were demonstrated at the International Jew's Harp Festival which has just finished in Tuva. Dozens of scientific presentations were made by scholars from Russia and abroad. A big variety of vargans from the museum funds was presented by a delegation from Yakutia. They ranging from a fragile bamboo jew's harp used in South-Eastern Asia to a three-tongued metallic ones played in the North of Russia, impressed one by the richness and difference of the sound.
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