The Spirit of Tengri -- The First International Festival of Contemporary Ethnic Music

The festival gathered musicians from around Eurasia in Almaty. Guttural singing, ethno-rock and ethno-jazz, shaman chants, babble of birds and howl of a wold: the music dazzled and take the audience back to the roots.

Festival was opened by Roksonaki band. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

The musicians are veterans of Kazakhstan rock. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Singer Gulzada from Kyrgyzstan. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Her performance was bright and positive. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

One could see that the musicians themselves were enjoying the concert as much as the audience. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

The bright performance of Gulzada was accompanied by bright-colored balloons. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Argymak band from Bashkortastan. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

The band played different instruments. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Argymak. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Real ethnic hard rock. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Many people came to the concert with their kids. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

The music was dazzling indeed. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

sometimes it seemed that the audience fell into trance. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Singer Chaltys from Mountain Shoriya. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Jetygen player. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Kazakhstan band Aldaspan. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Ethno-rock played on electric dombra. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Aldaspan. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Young spectators competing in playing invisible dombras. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Almaty has a lot of fans of ethnic music. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

A mystical performance of Yuliyana singer from Yakutiya. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Yuliyana. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Yuliyana is a virtuoso khomuz player. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

She also has an unusual voice. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Master of guttural singing Bolot Bairyshev. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

The performance of Bairyshev reminded of a shaman ritual. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

He is also a virtuoso khomuz player. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Namgar band from Buryatiya. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Buryat-style jetygen. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Namgar band. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Musicians from Buryatiya made the most dynamic performance. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

The most unusual performance. Sainkho from Tuva. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

The singer is well-known in Europe. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Sainkho is a master of guttural singing. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

She closed the festival. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Sainkho sang very high notes. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

She performed with DJ Dickson Dee from Hong Kong. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©

Bal bal. Photo by Dmirtiy Khegai©