Virlana Tkacz and Sayan Zhambalov talking to Shaman Bayir Rinchinov. Photo by Alexander Khantaev Shaman Bayir Rinchinov and his student Volodya during a ritual. Photo by Alexander Khantaev Battuvshin, Badmahanda Aiusheyeva, Sayan Zhambalov and Erzhena Zhambalov of URAGSHA. Photo by Tom Lee Battuvshin plays the morin khur Photo by Watoku Ueno Shaman Bayir Rinchinov decorates a birch tree during a ritual Photo by Alexander Khantaev YARA'S BURYAT EVENTS SPRING 2001 OBO: OUR SHAMANISM at La MaMa E.T.C. in NYC March 15 - April 1, 2001 Yara's new theatre piece is based on shaman rituals artists from Yara and the Buryat National Theatre witnessed in the villages of the Buryat Aginsk Region last summer. Located in Siberia near the borders Mongolia and China, this remote region, has preserved the most traditional forms of Buryat life. Obo: Our Shamaism is created by Virlana Tkacz, Sayan Zhambalov and Erzhena Zhambalov. It features traditional Buryat Mongolian music and performed by Battuvshin and the soaring vocals of Badmakhanda Aiusheyeva and Mariana Sadovska. Thurs-Sun at 8 PM, plus matineee Sunday at 3 PM. For tickets call La MaMa Box Office (212) 475-7710. More on Yara's Obo: Our Shamanism More on Yara's theatre pieces More Yara's translations of shaman chants URAGSHA at La MaMa La Galleria March 21, 2001 A taste of traditional Buryat Mongolian songs, music and throat singing for opening of photo exhibit "Portariats of Siberian Shamans" More on Uragsha's CD PORTRAITS OF SIBERIAN SHAMANS at La MaMa Galleria, NYC March 22- April 1, 2001 Exhibit of photographs by Siberian photographer Alexander Khantaev taken during Yara research expeditions to Buryatia. For information call (212) 475-7710. URAGSHA - Sacred Music Series at the Interfaith Center of New York April 3, 2001 Lecture demonstration of traditional Buryat Mongolian songs, throat singing and shaman chants. Interfaith Center of New York, 4 East 30th St, NYC (212) 685-4242 ex 17 Tuesday 6:30 PM SHAMAN CHANTS/EPIC SONGS at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY April 5, 2001 Sayan Zhambalov performs Buryat Mongolian shaman texts and masterpieces of the oral epic tradition accompanied by Erzhena Zhambalov, Battuvshin and Badmakhanda Aiusheyeva on traditional instruments. Translations in English by Sayan Zhambalov, Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps performed by Yara actors. Memorial Hall Pratt Insittute, 200 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, NY. Thursday, April 5, 6:30-7:30 PM. The Writers Live! Series is open to the public and free of charge. For information see www.pratt.edu/writerslive URAGSHA at World Music Institute, NYC April 6, 2001 Concert of traditional Buryat Mongolian songs, music and throat singing. Amazing vocal techniques and virtuosic instrumentals. Last spring the Uragsha concert for World Music Institute was a huge hit and sold out. This time they will be performing at Symphony Space uptown on Broadway & 95th St. For tickets call (212) 545-7536. More on Uragsha's CD