“The khomus is my red deer on which I fly through the middle world” (Khomus in the shamanic practice of Tuva: Research issues)

• Published in: The New Research of Tuva
• Main Author: Leo Tadagawa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Novye Issledovaniâ Tuvy 2017
• Subjects: хомус; варган; хомусист; тувинская музыка; шаман; С. Вайнштейн; хоомей; Тува; шаманская практика; Communities. Classes. Races; HT51-1595; Tuva; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2017.2.7; https://doaj.org/article/dbf2abb39d0a423183f896c99f8edd04

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...