“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 recounts his first exposure to Tuvan music at the 1991 International Congress of Jew's Harp Music in Yakutia, where a Tuvan band distinguished itself through distinctive khomus (Jew's harp) playing and throat singing. Gennadii Chash later taught the author throat singing during visits to Tuva, where he met musicians and ethnomusicologists, attended music symposia, researched Tuvan khomus techniques, and co-produced a CD of recordings (2013). The author focuses on khomus techniques in shamanic practice, drawing on Sevyan Vainshtein's studies of shamanic rituals, ethnographic videos, and his own observations.