 | Khakass Beauty Khakass people Branch of the Altaic family: Turkic The Khakas, or Khakass, are a Turkic people, who live in Russia, in the republic of Khakassia in the southern Siberia. They speak the Khakas language, which belongs to the family of Turkic languages. They have dark skin and eyes and coarse dark hair, and beards. Their face is wide, the cheekbones are not very prominent. The Khakass tend to be short, with the average male height being 162--164 cm. In some Khakass groups characteristics of the fino-ugrian ethnic groups are discernible. The origin of the Khakas people is disputed. Some scholars see them as descendants of the Yenisei Kirghiz, while others believe that, at the behest of the medieval Mongol Khans, the Yenisei Kirghiz migrated to Central Asia, where they became known as the Kyrgyz, the core nation of Kyrgyzstan. In the 17th century, the Khakas formed Khakassia in the middle of the lands of Yenisei Kirghiz, who at the time were vassals of a Mongolian ruler. The Russians arrived shortly after the Kirghiz left, and an inflow of Russian agragian settlers began. In the 1820s, gold mines started to be developed around Minusinsk, which became a regional industrial center. During the 19th century, many Khakas accepted the Russian ways of life and were converted to Russian Orthodox Christianity. Shamanism with Buddhist influences, however, is still common, and many Christians practice Shamanism with Christianity.In Imperial Russia, the Khakas used to be known under other names, used mostly in historic contexts: Minusinsk Tatars, Abakan Tatars, and Yenisei Turks. Quoted from Wikipedia. Learn more from here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khakassia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khakas_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khakas Free mp3 from here, the song is called "Khanza Big". http://www.tika.gov.tr/TR/Icerik.ASP?ID=132 Neat links: Learn more about the Khakass and their sister people the Shors here: http://www.hunmagyar.org/turan/khakass/index.html |
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 | Buryat Beauty Buryat people Branch of the Altaic family: Mongolian The Buryats or Buriats, numbering approximately 436,000, are the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia and are mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia. They are the northernmost major Mongol group. Main religions are Tibetan Buddhism and shamanism. Buryats share many customs with their Mongolian cousins, including nomadic herding and erecting huts for shelter. Today, the majority of Buryats live in and around Ulan Ude, the capital of the republic, although many live more traditionally in the countryside. Following the result of the judgement of the Genetic fingerprinting, Japanese Genetic fingerprinting is so similar to Buryat. Although Korean, Southern Chinese, then Taiwanese have something in common with Japanese, you can find only each one individual.But there are 30 people who have a lot of common with Japanese in Buryat.The origin of 90 percent of Japanese is around Baikal lake. Quoted from Wikipedia To learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buryats http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buryatia |
 | Yakut Beauty Beauty of the Yakut (Sakha)culture and people. Branch of the Altaic family: Turkic Most pictures from www.YakutiaToday.com Please check it out. http://www.yakutiatoday.com/ Song is called Kiye Henni To learn more about Yakut (Sakha) check out this playlist. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3F9932899866EF43 Free mp3 can be found at this website: http://www.tika.gov.tr/TR/Icerik.ASP?ID=132 |
 | Kazakh Beauty Kazakh people Branch of the Altaic family: Turkic The Kazakhs are a Turkic people of the northern parts of Central Asia (largely Kazakhstan, but also found in parts of Uzbekistan, China, Russia, and Mongolia).Due to their complex history, Kazakhs display phenotypical diversity. Kazakhs tend to exhibit predominantly Mongoloid features; however, many, if not the majority, also have visible caucasoid ancestry. Fair to light-brown skin tends to be the norm. Among physical traits are aquiline noses, epicanthic folds and high cheekbones. Hair colour among Kazakhs varies from prevalent jet black to red and sandy brown. Hazel, green and blue eyes are not uncommon.Kazakh belongs to the Kipchak (Northwestern) group of the Turkic language family. Kazakhs, called Hāsàkè Zú in Chinese are among 56 minority groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. In Russia, the Kazakh population lives in the regions bordering Kazakhstan. The 2002 Russian census recorded 655,000 Kazakhs. Many Kazakhs live in Bayan-Ölgiy Province of Mongolia. The Kazakh folk music is widely admired and loved in Mongolia. Many are also skilled in the performance of Kazakh traditional songs. One of the most commonly used traditional musical instruments of the Kazakhs is the dombra, a plucked lute with two strings. It is often used to accompany solo or group singing. Another popular instrument is Kobyz, a bow instrument played on the knees. Along with other instruments, these two instruments play a key role in the traditional Kazakh orchestra. Quoted from Wikipedia Songs are Aday and Cildizim http://www.tika.gov.tr/TR/Icerik.ASP?ID=132 To learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan |
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 | Isao Tomita "Storm From The East" Soundtrack/OST-Mongolian.. This is Track 12, "Mongolian Fantasy 3- Land of Great Khan" from Isao Tomita fabulous Soundtrack "Storm From The East" based upon an old mongolian folk song, variating through 13 Tracks. Made for the 1992 international Co-operated Documentation about the greatest ever existed empire on earth. An int. Production with - Japan NHK - Great Britain BBC - STS South-Korea - BR, Germany including material from Iran, Mongolia, Egypth, Poland, Russia, Uzbekisthan, Syria & etc... - Slideshow with Covers from the CD-Album and some more images from Mongolia. -- play it loud! |
 | Shamanic journey around Tuva all the shamans from the Tos Deer accompany us to visit the most sacred places in Tuva |
 | Manchu Beauty Beauty of the Manchu culture and people. Branch of the Altaic family: Manchu Tungus Note this song is in Chinese but is a Manchu ethnic song. Thank you Kwwkwwkww for letting me use this song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_2eszrTPsU Ancestors of the Manchu were the peoples of the Mongolian steppes. The first ancestors of the Manchu were the Sushen, a people who lived during the second and first millennia BC. They were followed by the Yilou people, who were active from AD 202 to 220. The Wuji followed in the fifth century and the tribes of the Mohe in the sixth century. One of the tribes of the Mohe, the Heishui (Black Water) tribe, eventually became the ancestors of the Jurchens, from whom the Manchu originated. The Jurchens under the Wanyan clan established the Jin Dynasty (literally Golden Dynasty) that ruled the northern half of China (1115--1234) and rivaled the Song Dynasty in southern China. The Jin were conquered by the Mongols under Genghis Khan. Before the seventeenth century, the ancestors of the Manchus were generally a pastoral people, hunting, fishing and engaging in limited agriculture and pig-farming. Aspects of Manchu customs and traditions can be seen in local cuisines, language and customs in today's Manchuria as well as cities in that region. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Manchus also adopted many Han customs and traditions. They traditionally coiled their hair in high tufts on top of their heads and wore earrings, long gowns and embroidered shoes. The women with higher social standing wore silk and satin clothing while cotton clothing was worn by women of lower social standing. Variants of such vestments (including qi pao and ma gua, Mandarin dress) are still popular all over China. The man's clothing once consisted of a short and adjusted jacket over a long gown with a belt at the waist to facilitate horse-riding and hunting. Unlike the Han, the Manchu did not practice foot binding. The traditional Manchu dwellings were made up of three quarters. In the center of the house was the kitchen while the wings contained the dormitory and the living room. The unique Manchu tradition did not allow people to die on nahan to the west or north. Believing that doors were made for living souls, the Manchus allowed dead bodies to be taken out only through windows. Ground burial was the general practice. The Manchu language is a member of the Tungusic language group, itself a member of the proposed Altaic language family. Quoted from Wikipedia. Learn more about the Manchu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_Dynasty |
 | Taiga Heart Song Journey with Nomadicare's Sas Carey and a team of Mongolians to provide health care to the remote Dukha Reindeer Herders of Mongolia. See website www.nomadicare.org or www.ecologia.org virtual foundation to help. |
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