“The khomus is my red deer on which I fly through the middle world” (Khomus in the shamanic practice of Tuva: Research issues)
Новые исследования Тувы June 18, 2017 Leo Tadagawa
The author first got acquainted with Tuvan music in 1991, at the 2nd International Congress of Jew’s Harp Music in Yakutia, Russia. Among other ethnomusical bands from Russia’s various regions and CIS states, the Tuvan band stood out with its special techniques of playing the khomus (Jew’s harp) and of throat singing which accompanied their music. One of them, Gennadii Chash, later tutored the...