Choduraa Tumat,
Lead singer
of Tyva Kyzy

 Tyva Kyzy (Tuvan Girl) is a 
female folk music group
from the Republic of Tuva.

They are a young group whose
musical style represents the
gallopping sentimental Central Asian
steppe tradition that Huun-Huur-Tu has
already made famous worldwide.

Tyva Kyzy toured Finland 22nd of March
to 7th of April 2001. They stole our
hearts and took them to Siberia.
I can hardly wait next July when
I will travel to Tuva with the other
Cedip Tur members. And meet
the Tuvan girls again


(We met them in Tuva in the summer 2001. I stayed with
Ailangmaa's family in Bai-Tal for 2 weeks, and when in Kyzyl
Eero and I stayed at Ailang Ondar's [who didn't come to Finland
because she has got 2 small children] place in Kaa-Khem.)


Their voices are beautiful, wonderful,
and sweet female höömei, their lullabies
made me feel like a baby again and their
love songs made me cry…

"Tenek" is a Tuvan word meaning
"playful" - and the Tuvan girls
taught me what kind of a person 
a "tenek" boy or a girl is.
The girls love to play and have fun
by joking and wrestling with their
friends. When I met them they were
almost shy but after one week I
had become a subject of their
jokes and tricks.

Workshop at Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, 29th of March, 2001.

Concert in Helsinki 31st of March, 2001.

Here the girls pose with Watson, Sauli's singing dog:
backrow: Aziimaa Küzhüget, Shoraana Kuular, 
Ailangmaa Damyrang;
front: Choduraa Tumat with Watson

Workshop in Jyväskylä

On stage in Tampere

Tampere, after the concert

Kaustinen, concert




Contact information and touring schedule will be found in Tyva Kyzy's homepage, please click the link below:

THE OFFICIAL HOME PAGE OF TYVA KYZY


And here's a link to a French page
with some information of Tyva and Tyva Kyzy:
Peuples et Musiques



Here's a beautiful Tyvan way to
say good-by to a beloved friend:

"Yndyg-dyr, Tyva Kyzy -
yrai bergesh bodaar boor sen,
setkilim-dir sengee cherle
sögleves men."

(" When you are far away, Lady of Tyva, -
you will always remain in my heart.")




This site is dedicated to Tyva Kyzy by

The Finnish Throat Singing Society