UDAGAN at Migration Matters 2023
UDAGAN at Sensoria Fest
About News Blog Shop Contact Facebook Instagram Instagram Youtube Twitter Bandcamp News UDAGAN at Sensoria Festival Dear friends, an announcement!Our music group UDAGAN (@udaganuniverse ) based on #indigenous Sakha folklore, shamanic culture from Arctic North and contemporary codings such @tidalcycles #hydra will be giving a concert next week at @sensoriafest in Sheffield Website: sensoria.org.uk/events/udagan/ Tickets: udagan.eventbrite.co.uk Previous Next Contact UDAGAN Your name Your […]
BLOG POST 8 – ORACLE OF THE UNIVERSE: PANTHEON OF GODS
March 2, 2019 Myths and tales have always been a part of our lives and have always found a nurturing home in the imagination of our curious minds. Later, through ages, some of these tales have become habits or beliefs, while others have drifted away on the ocean of time. We discover these stories through […]
BLOG POST 7 – MY JOURNEY TO KHOMUS WORLD OR HOW I BEGAN TO BE A KHOMUSIST (PART C)
July 12, 2018 Hello again! Last week I spoke about my early experience with khomus changed my life as a girl, in Sakha. This week I will continue about how khomus lead me from Sakha into a much bigger world! Exactly during that year, 2007, I graduated from Taatta Technical Liceum. My studies in school […]
BLOG POST 6 – MY JOURNEY TO KHOMUS WORLD OR HOW I BEGAN TO BE A KHOMUSIST (PART B)
July 5, 2018 I am happy to continue writing my story of ‘My journey to khomus world or how I began to be a KHOMUSIST, but I would rephrase it here as ‘My journey with Khomus’. Through khomus competitions and events, I started to meet established musicians and get to know the older generation of […]
BLOG POST 5 – YHYAKH (PART B)
June 28, 2018 Hello again! I am continuing my previous post, on the topic of Yhyakh in Sakha! Let’s start today’s post by exploring the meaning of Yhyakh from ancient times: Tradition claims that the first Yhyakh was arranged by Elley Boothur. He arrived in the Tuymaada field around in between 1128 and 1130. Here […]
BLOG POST 4 – YHYAKH (PART A)
June 21, 2018 Maybe you already noticed from my previous BLOG POSTS that I am sometimes using the word ‘Yhyakh’. I am dedicating today’s writing to the topic of ’Yhyakh’. My reason for this is that today, my BLOG posting day falls by chance on exactly 21st of June! Every year on the 20-21st of […]
BLOG POST 3 – MY JOURNEY TO KHOMUS WORLD OR HOW I BEGAN TO BE A KHOMUSIST (PART A)
June 14, 2018 “One rainy summer day, a little girl of 14 years old was sitting near the TV, and from the screen enchanting sounds suddenly captivated her attention and brought her to the front of the screen. She saw that small metallic instrument on people’s mouths, making amazing sounds. She remembered suddenly that she […]
BLOG POST 2 – SAKHA (YAKUTIA)
June 7, 2018 On our earth there are so many unknown nationalities, cultures and languages. One of these unknown and hidden places is Sakha, which we call Olonkho land. I will make a separate blog post about ‘OLONKHO’ itself, as it is itself a whole UNIVERSE. In political terms, our Sakha land is called THE […]
BLOG POST 1 – INTRODUCTION
May 31, 2018 Since ancient times, shaman and she-shaman have played an important role in Sakha culture. In Sakha language, our word for she-shaman is ‘udagan’. She-shaman are well known in our culture to be more powerful than their male counterparts. Udagan can heal as well as perform ritual dances, and all other rituals or […]