- Music in the Sakha Republic
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Music of Russia Genres classical — folk — psytrance — pop — hip hop — author song — rock History (Soviet music) Awards Pesnya Goda, MTV RMA, RAMP, Silver Galosh Charts Zvukovaya Dorozhka MK, Chart Dozen Festivals Grushinsky festival, Nashestvie Media National anthem "Hymn of the Russian Federation" Regional music Republic of Adygea — Altai - Astrakhan - Bashkortostan — Buryatia — Chechnya — Chukotka — Chuvashia — Dagestan — Evenkia - Ingushetia — Irkutsk — Kaliningrad — Kalmykia — Kamchatka — Karelia — Khakassia — Khantia-Mansia - Komi Republic - Krasnodar — Mari El — Mordovia — Nenetsia — Ossetia — Rostov — Ethnic Russian — Sakha — Sakhalin — Tatarstan — Tuva — Udmurtia The Sakha Republic lies in Russian Federation. Its most distinctive national instrument is the khomus, a lamellophone.
The Yakut people are a large ethnic group in Sakha. They are known for an epic poem called Olonkho. This epic is performed a cappella, generally at festivals, always by one man alone. The timbre and tone of the singer reveal the roles of the different characters.
External links
- Orto Doydu - Sakha Сultural Portal, has a splendid collection of songs and music in Mp3 and lyrics (in Sakha)
- German and Klavdia Khatylaev - Sakha Music)
- DUPSY group - ethnomusic based an ancient sakha melodies
Categories:- Sakha Republic
- Music in the federal subjects of Russia
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