Today, artists from Kemerovo region arrive in Tuva. Two famous creative teams – folk dance ensemble “Aprel” and pattern-dance ensemble “Tausen” – will participate in the holiday Christmas concert, which will take place in Kyzyl on January 7. The concert is organized by one of the most famous children’s groups of Tuva, ethnographic ensemble “Oktay”. On January 7, the ensemble will mark its 20^th anniversary.

In May 2010, in Moscow, on the eve of Day of Victory, an exhibition will open concerning the role of Tuva in the Great Patriotic War. This was announced by the head of the republic, Sholban Kara-ool, at the meeting dedicated to the Day of National Unity.

At the recommendation of the Premier, the agreement about the placement of the Tuvan exposition in the museum complex at Poklonnaya mountain was reached with the administration of the museum.

1000 Buddha statuettes were on exhibit in the prayer hall of the main temple (khuree) of Tuva during the great Buddhist Holy Days. These statuettes were made in Nepal under the supervision of the Nepal lama Tuge Rinpoche. The figurines were made for the “Ustuu-Khuree” monastery which was destroyed in the 30’s of last century. They will be placed in the Upper Chadan khuree after the work on the new temple, which is an exact copy of the destroyed temple, is finished.

The Tuvan throat singers Alash are flying to the U.S. from reindeer country to perform “Jingle Bells” and other Yuletide favorites with the legendary American group Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, to promote the Flecktones' Grammy-winning CD Jingle All the Way. This lively and innovative album presents holiday tunes like you’ve never heard them before. The buzzy sounds of throat singing provide a surprise element in several songs, including the traditional Tuvan song “Dyngyldai” ingeniously interwoven with the English Christmas carol “What Child Is This?” (See it on YouTube). By the way, in case you’re wondering, "dyngyldai" is a Tuvan nonsense word that has no translation.

In Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, the 4^th International Festival-contest of throat-singing, “The Breath of the Earth” just took place.

Throat singers from Khakassia, Tuva, Altai, Khabarovsk and Trans-Baikal regions, Irkutsk region, Buryatia, and Mongolia participated in the contest.

Diplomas of th 1^st order were received by Yevgenii Ulugbashev (Khakassia), and the Tuvan folklore group “Arzhaan” (Tuva, leader Opuyla Artysh), as the information portal “Baikal24” announced.

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.