Tuvan seamstress Raisa Tas-ool works on traditional embroidery in the Tuvan demonstration tent.
Photo by Victoria Pickering
Tuvan musician and throat singer Angchy Tamdyn poses with Rene Figueroa Cano, a Quechua musician from Bolivia, in the Tuvan demonstration tent.
Photo by Beatrice Ugolini, Ralph Rinzler Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Tuvan musician, throat singer, and instrument maker Aldar Tamdyn (R) performs with his son Angchy Tamdyn on the Voices of the World stage.
Photo by Eliza Piccininni, Ralph Rinzler Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Tuvan musicians Ayana Samiyaevna Mongush, Said Chüldük, and Angchy Tamdyn perform traditional Tuvan music on the Voices of the World stage.
Photo by Eliza Piccininni, Ralph Rinzler Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Tuvan stone carver Artur Dorzhuevich Shozhunchap works on a soapstone carving of a bull.
Photo by Eliza Piccininni, Ralph Rinzler Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Tuvan musician and composer Ayana Samiyaevna Mongush plays a traditional Tuvan instrument.
Photo by Francisco X. Guerra, Ralph Rinzler Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Marat Boragaevich Damdyn, a Tuvan instrument maker, writes down requests for supplies as visitors admire his work.
Photo by Francisco X. Guerra, Ralph Rinzler Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Said Chüldük, a traditional saddle maker, leatherworker, and musician, demonstrates his work.
Photo by Francisco X. Guerra, Ralph Rinzler Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Aldar Tamdyn performs traditional Tuvan throat singing during a concert.
Photo by Joe Furgal, Ralph Rinzler Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Cheynesh Ivanovna Salchak and Artysh Kherlievich Salchak discuss Tuvan nomadic traditions on the Talk Story stage.
Photo by Joe Furgal, Ralph Rinzler Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Tuvan musician, throat singer, and instrument maker Aldar Tamdyn participates in the cross-program panel “Sounds of Nature” on the Talk Story discussion stage.
Photo by Walter Larrimore, Ralph Rinzler Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Tuvan participants perform traditional music during an evening concert.
Photo by Walter Larrimore, Ralph Rinzler Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Sean Quirk, a Tuvan cultural expert and field researcher, presents a Tuvan performance on the Voices of the World stage.
Photo by Walter Larrimore, Ralph Rinzler Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Festival visitors examine Tuvan instruments.
Photo by Maggie Pelta-Pauls, Ralph Rinzler Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Said Chüldük demonstrates traditional saddle making.
Photo by Maggie Pelta-Pauls, Ralph Rinzler Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Tuvan participants from the Russian Federation pose in front of the Kalmyk yurts with field researcher Sean Quirk (back, second from left), presenter Chinchi Kungaa (front, center), and One World, Many Voices curator David Harrison (back, second from right).
Photo by Pruit Allen, Ralph Rinzler Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution