2,700 year old scythian burial site arkhaan-2, where 44 pounds of gold was found by archeologists in 2003 (the gold is now on display at the tuvan national museum in kyzyl)
Valentina Süzükei and I were interviewed by Tyva channel 2 news (Kyzyl) about the jaw harp festival in Yakutsk. We discuss performances by our friends Morten Abildsnes (Norway) and Pipa Paljakka (Finland) – the only musicians who performed Tuvan traditional music at the 2011 festival.
ded moroz and snegyrochka 12 meters below yakutia at the permafrost institute
white nights in yakutsk
lena river ferry
sakha khomus virutoso albina degtyareva (of ayarkhaan) at ysyakh festival
sakha khomus virtuoso albina degtyareva at the ysyakh festival
jaw harps from india and nepal
khomus tattoo
mass khomus performance at ysyakh festival
fermented kymys (mare’s milk) for sale
ysyakh festival 2011
competition of jaw harp virtuosos
ainu mukkuri performance
these girls mother planned this shot….
a new guinness world record for the largest ensemble of jaw harp players performing one piece together – 1,344 people
“yakutia up for guinness record”
khomus child prodigy volodya dormidontov
sakha khomus master revory chemchoev from viliusk (i bought one of his creations in 2006)
jörg on maultrommels