Deputy head of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission Baatar Hai shortly visited Tuva. As is known it was an inofficial visit during which Mr Baatar Hai interested in the Central Asian cultures got a deeper insight into the Tuvan culture. He visited Tuvan museum where an exhibition by young artist Nadezhda Rusheva and the other one devoted to shamanism in Tuva were on show. He also listened to Tuvan folk groups, some of which could be invited to go on a tour to Taiwan.