An airplane arrived with the most eagerly awaited cargo – 1000 goldedn Buddha statuettes – destined for the “Ustuu-Khuree” temple, the opening of which is planned fro the spring of next year. The priests of the administration of the Kamby-Lama of Republic Tuva carried out the active collecting of the means in the districts.

Tuvan state ensemble of song and dance “Sayany” introduced their new concert program, “In the Cradle of Sayans and Tandy”, to the Kyzyl audience. The program was prepared for the occasion of the 40^th anniversary of the team.

The premiere of the program is being presented during these days in the Tuvan State philharmony. Experts from Mongolia and Tuva participated in the preparation of the production.

A short movie “Citizen of the World”, made by 17-year-old Denis Yadykin, a student of Kyzyl Roads and Transportation institute, was selected into a special program of the XIV Internationa festival of Ecological Films “Green Vision-2009”. An official announcement was sent from the organizing committee to the address of the director of the “Dersu Uzala” foundation, Svetlana Munzuk.

At the end of October, the Premier of Tuvam sholban Kara-ool will meet with the president of Mongolia, Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj. The head of the border region of Russia received an official invitation to visit Ulan-Bator from the new government of Mongolia in June of theis year.

Tuva, there fore , plans to re-establish once-close economic and cultural ties with their neighbors, which were interrupted during the “perestroika” years.

One of the best known groups of Tuva, the children’s folklore ensemble “Oktay”, will perform at the Center of Russian Culture on Sunday, October 25.

“In the 20 years of the existence of the ensemble, this is actually our first “solo” performance, - says the founder and leader of the ensemble, Nadezhda Ponomareva. – We performed in various joint concerts. Or else we were “diluted” by other teams and performers. This program will be fully and completely “Oktay”.”

These days, the State National Ensemble of Song and Dance, “Sayany”, - one of the best known groups of the republic – celebrates its 40^th anniversary of its founding. The anniversary celebrations start on October 21 in Tuvan State Philharmony with the new program “In the Cradle of Sayans and Tandy”.

On October 20, Mariya Mongush, who is the leading specialist of the information-analytic department of the “Aldan Maadyr” National Tuvan Museum, announced to Tayga.info that some of the relics found during restoration of a broinze Buddha statue at the National Museum have been identified.
“The clerics Bayir-ool Shyyrap and Aganak Khertek announced at a press-conference that 17 objects and 23 fragments of relics which were found in the head of the Buddha statue belonged to great Buddhist teachers and prophets.

One of the most beautiful and spectacular types of sport – artistic gymnastics – is being first introduced to Tuva.

Children’s admissions to to groups of this type of sport are now being held at the sports-complex “Subedei”.

“Honestly, we did not expect that so many will be interested in practicing artistic gymnastics”, admits the director of the republican children’s and youth sports school, Tolban Samdan.

The master of this sport, Alena Udod, prize-winning champion of Krasnoyarsk in artistic gymnastics, came to Kyzyl to teach the little athletes.