A girl poses with the Olympic and Paralympic mascots during event at Sokolniki Park, Moscow, promoting the enrolment of volunteers for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Source: RIA Novosti / Alexander Vilf
February 8, 2012
A modern-day bard of the Altayan heroic epos
January 18, 2012 Anisia Boroznova, Boris Zharkov
Nogon Shumarov is a contemporary holder of the ancient tradition of “kai-chi”, a traditional Altayan art whereby epic poetry and legends are narrated through throat-singing, to the accompaniment of a topshur.
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