Siberia and Mongolia
The home of the word “shaman”: drum, song and the spirits of land and ancestors.
Among Evenki, Buryat, Tuvan, Sakha and Mongolian peoples, the shaman’s drum is often described as a vehicle or a mount. Shamanic practice in the region survived harsh persecution in the Soviet era and has been revived since the 1990s, often alongside Buddhism. Throat singing from Tuva and Mongolia, though a musical art in its own right, grew from the same landscape of listening.
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Credit: In our own words, honouring the Evenki, Buryat, Tuvan, Sakha and Mongolian peoples.
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