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Hold your breath: The most complicated vocal technique was demonstrated at the RUSSIA EXPO

Hold your breath: The most complicated vocal technique was demonstrated at the RUSSIA EXPO
Photo: Kristina Kormilitsyna/Fotohost - RIA News agency
21.11.2023

Reproduce the murmuring of a mountain stream, singing of birds and the creaking of a saddle with the power of your voice alone. Only khoomeiji - throat singing artists - are capable of this. Their performance immerses you in a trance and takes you to other worlds.

On the Day of the Republic of Tuva, legendary artists Bady-Dorzhu Ondar, Ayan-ool Sam and Ayan Shirizhik delivered a lecture. Visitors to the exposition were told about the basic techniques of throat singing. For example, khoomei reproduces the blowing of the wind in the rocks, sygyt is whistling and crying, and the most difficult kargyraa is growling with lower vibration of the voice.

Photo: Kristina Kormilitsyna/Fotohost - RIA News agency

The guests were familiarized with folk instruments, which are still made in accordance with almost all ancient canons: from leather, horsehair and red larch.

The artists performed several solo and joint numbers, sang ditties and folk songs, imitated the sounds of nature and hit incredibly low notes to the delight of the audience. Not surprisingly, it is the Tuvan khoomeiji, known all over the world, who are considered to be the leading masters of throat singing. However, art requires sacrifice.

Photo: Kristina Kormilitsyna/Fotohost - RIA News agency

For a professional artist, throat singing is the hardest labor and a real test of body and spirit. Some of the most difficult styles of throat singing can cause irreversible changes in the body. All because of the incredible strain on the internal organs and the long delay of breathing. It is for a good reason that the initiative on early retirement for khoomeiji has been discussed in the artistic community for many years. For example, in Mongolia such a bill has been passed long ago.

But at the amateur level, anyone can try their hand at throat singing. If practiced under the guidance of a professional, it will not only be safe, but even beneficial for the cardiovascular system and contribute to spiritual enlightenment.

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