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October 2007 Traditionally, throat singing used to be a male only preserve in Siberia. But Shonchulai Choodu has well and truly broken that taboo. She's been practising since she was five or six years old. "When I was little, going out and herding the sheep I would sing for the nature around me", Sonchulai tells Griffiths. When she appeared at the annual music festival in the eastern city of Chadan Shonchulai Choodo mesmerised the crowd. Among those mightily impressed was master throat singer, Vladimir Oidoopaa, "I am especially amazed when women sing. How is that? Such sounds from a woman's throat!" Oidoopaa struggled during the Soviet era when, he says, throat singing was regarded as an act of "dissent" He defied government bans for the most powerful of reasons. "Throat singing prevents our nation from dying, spiritually." "To me, throat singing means power and philosophy, love for my nation, love for my people, to respect other opinions and to be tolerant of different religions. "

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Uploaded: October 22, 2007 at 4:59 am
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Video Comments:
joejumps4fun (Tuesday 11th of November 2008 09:13:15 PM)
No offense, but I think it sounds better when men throat sing than women.
ThrillaDaMcColdKilla (Friday 7th of November 2008 01:00:47 PM)
we're gonna go at war with russia soon. this is one of the main issues barrack is gonna deal with.. we should free georgia and tuva from them.
shershgold (Saturday 15th of November 2008 03:30:32 PM)
What a great idea, kind of like how we "freed" Iraq from Saddam? No... We should stop "freeing" people with guns and bombs. Instead, we should make Vladimir Oidupaa our president. This is a great video. Oidupaa is king.
ibeam23 (Saturday 1st of November 2008 06:14:14 PM)
Absolutely beautiful...
MingGuoLi (Wednesday 29th of October 2008 09:45:53 PM)
Conquered by the Mongols? Aren't Tuvans Mongol/Mongolic? The Ger, the Qipao.
ergys1979 (Monday 27th of October 2008 04:27:53 AM)
great video ..wonderfull culture..
MartinaBC1963 (Monday 29th of September 2008 06:22:26 AM)
An amazing ladscape and an amazing voice! Thanks for that video!
menderfire9 (Sunday 21st of September 2008 10:51:03 AM)
I have never been hyptonized by music before. This was absolutely gripping for me. Bless you all who sing and provide thse Tuvan videos.
Gaia1986 (Friday 19th of September 2008 02:44:14 PM)
seruiosly? it moved me too! it was very profound. When she sang about her baby I couldn't keep the tears back. It got right into my inner being and. I sort of felt a mothers grief and profound love for her baby, I never felt that before with throat singing but this time it got right to me.
blath (Friday 12th of September 2008 10:53:05 PM)
Oh, no doubt, I agree.