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| | Tyva Kyzy members aren't your average throat singers |
 | | What's unusual about Tyva Kyzy is that until recently, few women could perform khoomei in public, thanks to taboos, and to do so is still rare, even controversial in some areas of Tuva. |
 | | Tyva Kyzy began in 1998, and the women not only sing all the varying styles and techniques of khoomei, they each play several of the indigenous instruments traditionally used for accompanying the voices. |
 | | The members of Tyva Kyzy are active in their major city of Kyzyl, working in different cultural institutions, teaching young girls how to sing khoomei and playing in their national orchestras, which one of their members conducts. |
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