During the day, the life of the camp is paralyzed by the sun. The heat sends the reindeer huddling together in a circle. They alternate lying down: those standing up provide shade for the others.Young calves hide beneath the bushes

Experience of nomadic lifeThe map of the Todzha district of Republic Tuva was spread out over the entire wall of the socio-economic department of the administration. It did not show highways or roads for cars, none with covered tops neither

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

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

In Tuva, Sergei Kuzmich Kochetov is a legendary personality. The village where he spent his youth and one of the central streets in Kyzyl bear his name. He was a participant in three wars - The World War I, the

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

In Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, the 4th 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 1st order were

The ancient stone images that were brought to the National Museum of Tuva over the years from different corners of the republic are now on view by all those who wish to see them. In the stelarium of the museum,

The Tuvan ethno-group "Huun-Huur-Tu", and Tuvan-Austrian singer Sainkho continue with their joint concert experiments on the stage of Hong Kong, after which tehey are expected in Oslo, Norway. The tandem of the two famous projects was introduced on October 11

A meeting dedicated to the victims of political repressions was held by the Monument of the Undefeated Arat in the capital of Tuva on October 30. 10-20 meters from the monument, there is a one-story grey wooden building, which today

Everyone in Europe and in almost all other parts of the world knows Kevin Costner, one of the few American top movie stars who is known to be interested not only in the American way of life but is equally

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

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 40th anniversary of the team. The premiere

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

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

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"

These days, the State National Ensemble of Song and Dance, "Sayany", - one of the best known groups of the republic - celebrates its 40th anniversary of its founding. The anniversary celebrations start on October 21 in Tuvan State Philharmony

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

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

On the invitation of the Kamby-Lama of Republic Tuva, the worthy Geshe-Lharamba Yonten Damcho, the abbot of the Drepung Gomang monastery, where currently Tuvan, Buryatian and Kalmyk monks are studying, came to Tuva.In the morning, there was a joint prayer