The Siberian Audio Collection of Vilmos Diószegi in Budapest
Museum Anthropology October 15, 2025 István Sántha 1 citation
Vilmos Diószegi, a Hungarian ethnologist and shamanism researcher, conducted four expeditions to southern Siberia and northern Mongolia between 1957 and 1964, recording shamanic narratives and collecting materials on shamanic practices from former shamans. His audio recordings, preserved at the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest, along with written documents and ethnographic artifacts, were digitized and posted on the museum's website in 2023 for the centenary of his birth. The collection is of interest to Indigenous Siberians and scholars of Siberian culture and languages.