Title: Singing story, healing drum
Subtitle: shamans and storytellers of Turkic Siberia
First published: 2004
Description: "Based on fieldwork, Singing Story, Healing Drum includes folktales, legends, and shamanic poems that illuminate spiritual traditions and rituals practised by the people of the Turkic republics of Tuva and Khakassia in south Siberia. Kira Van Deusen's acquaintance with scholars, shamans, and storytellers who have been active in reviving traditional ways of life allows her to present views from both inside and outside the culture and help the reader find a way through the often confusing phenomena of the "shamanic revival," both in Russia and abroad."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Folklore, Religion, Khakassians, Tuvinians, Khakass, Touvas, Mœurs et coutumes, Music, Musique, Social life and customs, History and criticism, Histoire et critique, Art de conter, Chamanisme, Storytelling, Tradition orale, Shamanism, Oral tradition, Russia (federation), social life and customs, Tuvinian (Turkic people)
Places: Sibérie, Russie, Russia, Siberia, Khakassie (Russie), Tuva (Russia), Touva (Russie), Khakasskai︠a︡ respublika (Russia)
LC classification: GR345 .V357 2004