The shamanic drum, namely the single-headed frame drum, originated in Siberia, together with shamanism itself thousands of years ago. Shaman...

Shaman's Drum Oh! My many-colored drum Ye who standeth in the forward corner! Oh! My merry and painted drum, Ye who stand...

Lakota Painted Drum, ca. 1860s My drum can connect me to the earth or carry me like a flying horse. Sometimes I send my spirits out, bu...

Long suppressed by the government, Siberian shamanism has experienced an unprecedented revival following the collapse of the Soviet Union...

Photo by Anastasia Ivanova In the remote Siberian wilderness of Tuva, female shamanism is alive and well -- and visiting the local he...

Tuvan Shamans While traditional shamanism continues to decline around the world, it is currently undergoing a revival in Tuva (southern...

Tuvan shaman Nikolay Oorzhak At the end of July, the festival "The Call of 13 Shamans" took place in Tuva (southern Siberi...

Throat singing, a guttural style of singing or chanting, is one of the world's oldest forms of music. For those who think the human v...

Ken Hyder is a percussionist and member of the British-Siberian experimental music ensemble K-Space . The electroacoustic improvisation ...

Valentina Suzukei is one of Tuva's leading ethnomusicologists and the author of three books on Tuvan music. She recently published t...