Music in Tuva

Tuva (or Tyva, as it is called in the Tuvan language) is an autonomous republic within the Russian Federation that lies some 2,500 miles east of Moscow in the grasslands, forests, and mountainous plateaus of South Siberia. Tuva’s southern border is international, dividing Russia from Mongolia. Its other borders mark political divisions within Russia: to the north, beyond the Sayan Mountains, is Khakasia; to the west, across the 13,000-foot peaks of the Altai range, is Gorno-Altai;...