August 15 is the National Day of the Republic of Tuva. Tourists come to Tuva to experience the ethnic cuisine, arts and crafts, throat singing, khuresh (a kind of national fighting), horse-racing, a unique combination of shaman traditions and Buddhism, and the lifestyle of Russian Old Believers.
August 15 is the National Day of the Republic of Tuva. Tourists come to Tuva to experience the ethnic cuisine, arts and crafts, throat singing, khuresh (a kind of national fighting), horse-racing, a unique combination of shaman traditions and Buddhism, and the lifestyle of Russian Old Believers.
Tuva’s relatively small territory is home to every kind of natural environment on earth, except for savanna and rainforest.
Horse breeding is one of the main occupations of Tuva residents.
The traditional occupation of people living on the Tuvan steppe is the breeding of domestic animals, such as goats, horses and cows.
Tuva is an interchange of mountain ridges and basins.
The population of Tuva is 310,460 people, with 1.84 people per square kilometer.
Tuvan traditional culture is nomadic.
Tere-Khol is a lake in the southwest of Tuva. Tuvan mineral springs and lakes possess healing qualities.
Tuva’s Aldyn Bulak ethnocultural complex. Once, this small valley was home to the Khan’s quarters; nowadays, tourists can see inside yurts – traditional Tuvan dwellings – and take throat singing lessons.
Mountains occupy 80 percent of Tuva’s entire territory; flat steppes account for the rest.
The Ka Khem River, also known as the Maly Yenisei. In Tuvan, it means “small river.”
Ka Khem is a mountain river, punctuated by rapids along its length.
Naadym, a folk celebration for animal breeders, was made an official holiday in 2013. On this day, outstanding herders and horse wranglers receive awards.
A view of the M-54 federal highway in the Pii-Khem district of Tuva.
A place named Kara Sug in the Pii Khem district of Tuva.
