A performance unusual for Tuva - shadow theater show on the motives of Tuvan epic "Kangyvai-Mergen" is being prepared for the smallest viewers by puppet theater "Tête-à-tête" specially for national holiday Shagaa on 9, 10 and 11 February. The originator of the idea to introduce the epic tale in the traditions of shadow theater is a young actor-puppeteer, graduate of Moscow specialized culture institute - Aidys Chadamba.

According to the information agency "Teleinform", on 15 February at the concert hall of Irkutsk regional Philharmony, there will be a performance by khoomei (throat singing) ensemble from republic Tuva - folklore ensemble "Tyva" with their program "Journey of the Nomad".

The group was founded in 1988 by musicologist Zoya Kyrgys and national khoomeizhi of Republic Tyva Gennady Tumat for rebirth of Tuvan national culture, cultural self-identification, with the aim of preserving the performance traditions of Tuvan throat-singing.

Tuvan shamaness marina Khomushku will participate in TV project "Psychics are investigating" on Ukraine channel STB, as announced by site Tyva medee. It is analogous to a project by Russian channel TNT "Battle of the psychics".

The entire planet Earth was following the time of epochs according to the Mayan calendar. Some quietly observed the events, others "prepared" for the expected cataclysms, yet others prepared for the rare date like for a holiday. But in the center of Moscow, in one cozy backyard…they lit a ritual shamanic bonfire.

One of the most extreme actions of the World Snow Forum - 2013, taking place in Novosibirsk, has finished. Participants in the beauty contest "Miss Snow World", one of the cultural components of the forum, were involved in a photo-session on the background of the snow sculpture compositions created during the International championship of Snow Sculpture specially for decoration of the current event.

A row of snow symbols of the World Olympics showed up by the Expo-Center building on the eve before the opening of the Forum.

Throat singer Kongar-ool Ondar from Tuva, the tiny region of Siberia just outside of Outer Mongolia, was supposed to have been singing out in three-part harmony — by himself — atop a horse equipped with a stereo amplifier in Tuesday's Rose Parade.

The sound equipment was designed to prevent a repeat of his first appearance in 1993, when Ondar, singing without amplification, couldn't be heard over the din of the crowd.

On December 6, 2012, at the Museum Hall of the headquarters of Russian Geographic Society in Sankt-Peterburg, there was a ceremonial opening of exhibition "Treasures of Tuva".

Republic Tuva is well known to archeologists and historians of the whole world as a treasury full of remnants of the most ancient civilizations and cultures. Scientists and curious adventure seekers have been striving to learn about them for more than 100 years, during which archeological excavations have been taking place there.

Ethnocultural center "Ustuu-Khuree", which will be located on the territory of Dzun-Khemchik district of the republic, will become one of the trademarks of the republic. This was announced today at a government conference, during which the project plans were evaluated. It is anticipated that the Center will include the territory of the Ustuu-Khuree temple, destroyed in 1937, in the vicinity of Chadan.

Currently, the ruins of earth walls of the old temple, which are sacred to many people of the republic, attract multitudes of pilgrims and tourists. Next to the ruins is the new Buddhist temple, opened on 23 July of this year, which is a contemporary replica of the old temple.