- Music of Khakassia
Khakassia is a region in Russia. TheKhakas people are Turkic, and their culture, including music, has some similarities to the culture of Tuva, a neighboring region inCentral Asia . Like Tuva,throat-singing is practiced in Khakassia, often accompanied by a two-stringed instrument called thekhomys .The city of
Abakan has hosted theInternational Khakass Folk Music Competition since1995 . Musicians includeAnna Burnakova ,Sergey Charkov ,Slava Kuchenov , Aleksandr Samozhikov, Yevgeniy Ulugbashev. Folk music ensembles include Aylanys,Sabjilar , Ulgher, Khyrkhaas.External links
* [http://www.iias.nl/oideion/journal/issue04/nyssen/index-a.html Traditional and modern Khakas conceptions of sound and music]
* [http://www.tika.gov.tr/muzik/cd2/cd2-10.mp3 Khanza big]
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