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I had a short wave radio
and I found
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that you could
get language programs
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on some of the foreign
radio stations, and
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I was looking for a Korean
language course
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when I ran into a very strong
Radio Moscow signal.
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You get a lot of whistles
and howls
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and all sorts of weird stuff
on short wave
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that you can't identify.
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There was this whistling
that was melodic somehow
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And eventually the lady
came on and they said
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''did you hear how that man sang
two notes at the same time?''
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and I thought God, now that's
for me man
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that's something that I
could really get off doing.
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For seven years I asked around
and couldn't
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find out who these people were
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who had this kind of
singing tradition.
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So finally, I decided to
check out
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this little music store in
the Mission, Round World Music
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and I just happened to ask
just as an after thought
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''do you have anything on
harmonic singing?''
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And he says jeez, I don't know
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I've never heard of it,
but it's something about Tuva.
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In some rather inexplicable way
I figured out by the sound
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what they were doing with their
mouths how to create that sound
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He had apparently picked up the
Tuvan way of singing on his own.
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And, I remember a week or two
Later he comes in the door
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I think I had my back turned
like this
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and I wasn't looking
at the door
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and I heard someone coming in
singing in the Tuvan style
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and it scared the hell
out of me and
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I looked up and there's
Paul coming in.
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I started out playing with
John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt,
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Jerry Garcia, Merle Saunders,
umm Muddy Waters.
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After that was done came
my time with T Bone Walker.
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Well the band was fantastic
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during Paul's time & my time it
was one of a kind in the blues
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because they played blues and
jazz that was sophisticated.
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After that I started doing an
album that never got released
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but an album from which one
song was covered and released.
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At that point in my life, my
wife had been sick for a while
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it was renal failure which meant
that they could prolong her life
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but that the odds were that it
was supposed to get her.
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My wife died, it was
March 15, 199 1
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and well for about six months
I don't know what happened.
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I just can't remember you
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just want to be left alone until
you get it cried or pounded out
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and you find a shoe of hers or
something like that and bingo
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out comes the imitation
Niagara Falls, the water works.
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I did my best, but sometimes I
just needed something for my own
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mind to just be able to work on.
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You know, I was losing it so
I had a short wave radio
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and I found that you could get
language programs on some of
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the foreign radio stations
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and I ran into a very strong
radio Moscow signal.
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You just gotta get the hum
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OK the base tone
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but then there's also
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and there's also
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You've got three notes going
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Serenaded by the sounds
of a leaf-blower
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Yeah, you could have a concerto
for leaf-blower and orchestra
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My mother is a painter, and
my father was a musician
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My grandmother and grandfather
on both sides came from
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the Cape Verde Islands, just
off the coast of West Africa.
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They brought this music with
from there with them
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that I learned to play when
I was very young, first
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on the piano, then on the guitar
and other string instruments.
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Hello, friends of Tuva. What
is my connection with Tuva?
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That, that's sort of a
long story,
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it was a dinner conversation
back in 1977 and a
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challenge as to where it was and
I even doubted it's existence.
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So I said 'oh you know about
geography huh?' And he said
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yeah, so I said 'OK, whatever
happened to Tannu Tuva?'
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I didn't believe it, but it
turns out it was true,
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Tannu Tuva was a real place
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that put out postage stamps in
1930's when Feynman was a kid.
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We looked it up on a map, Sure
enough there's a Tannu Tuva
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and where was it?
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Just outside of Outer Mongolia,
in the middle of central Asia
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in the depths of Russia, far
away from anything. And
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it was no longer an independent
country, it was part of Russia,
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we saw the capitol, this is what
did it the capitol is K-Y-Z-Y-L.
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My wife and I and he at the same
time grinned at each other, any
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place that's got a capitol named
K-Y-Z-Y-L has to be interesting.
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We eventually got a Tuvan/
Russian/Mongolian phrase book
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out of the Library of Congress.
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We wrote this letter in Tuvan
And sent it out into the abyss,
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and a year and a half later
something came back.
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I received their first letter
in 1980
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They wrote: we are interested
in Tuva, its culture, and
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in the monument marking the
geographical Center of Asia
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we would like to build a bond
with the people of Tuva
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and we would like to
visit Tuva.
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In 1993 I succeeded in getting
three Tuvans into the
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Tournament of Roses Parade
in Pasadena,
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one of whom was
Kongar-ol Ondar.
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We had a series of concerts
after the parade,
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one of which, I would say the
biggest was in San Francisco.
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I met a stranger in a club, he
said Tuvans were gonna be here.
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We were on local radio station
the day before
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and when the concert came
there were so many people,
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there were something like
4000 extra admissions to
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the Asian Art Museum
where the concert was
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Kongar-ol came out solo and
entertained the people
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in the lobby area of the museum.
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accommodating the overflow
crowd which included Paul Pena.
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And I just remember his person-
ality really shining through,
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and how much he communicated
with the audience there.
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During the performance I noticed
a blind man sitting in front.
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This guy from in line said ''an
autograph wouldn't do much good''
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but if you got up near the guy
and just cut loose like
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you did outside, maybe you
might get more out of that.''
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When we finished the concert
the man came up to me.
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He seemed very excited.
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He began singing a very famous
Tuvan melody, ''Aarte Sayir''
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I went up near where he was
And when he wasn't
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paying attention to
somebody else I just
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which was a song they hadn't
done in there program yet.
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They would later but
they hadn't yet.
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This impressed Kongar-ol
so much
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that he told Paul that every
three years in Tuva
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they hold a contest of
throatsinging,
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and that Paul should
come to Tuva.
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And he comes up to me and
taps me on the shoulder
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And says, 'Yes it is necessary
for you to learn Tuvan
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because, it is necessary that
you be present in Kyzyl
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in dozam-besh which is '95.
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So I talked to Ralph and
he said,
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'Yeah, the music is from Tuva'
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Eventually, I found out about
a Friends of Tuva and stuff
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and I started making an
effort to hook up with Ralph.
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'Would you be interested
in recording this music?',
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and I said sure,
I'll try anything.
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I hear Ralph telling the
Staff at West Coast Live
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''yeah he's going to
Tuva in '95''.
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One of the ideas of Friends
Of Tuva is to do crazy things
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and I thought that was crazy
enough to qualify for
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a Friends of Tuva project.
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Then I said wait a minute
the joke's going too far
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He was pretty surprised
When I called him up
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and said I was going to shoot
the documentary of his trip
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Then I began to worry
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like wow, like how and where
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then I began to realize that
like you know he was serious.
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I thought well I wonder if
he's gonna need someone
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to go along with him?
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Then all of a sudden it's
like I heard about
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that there's a couple guys
from Chicago
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who want to do a documentary
film about the whole thing.
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I guess you could say we
weren't qualified
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to shoot this but...
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Then I heard about somebody
else, a friend of Paul's
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that wanted to go.
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Tony was going to be
Paul's assistant.
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I'm Tony.
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We've already got a freak
group here with us.
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My background has been tied
up in radio for 25 years.
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I heard this program by Mario
Casetta on KPFK
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he was playing some kind
of strange music from
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some part of the world
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and I realized this is the
place to play this record
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of throatsinging.
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This guy called and said
''I've got something''
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he's heard me so he knew I
played all kinds of weird shit
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He said 'I bet you can't tell
me what this is... listen.'
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I decided just for fun to play
a tape of it over the phone.
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I said 'well I can't tell you
exactly but,'
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I'll tell you this, it's no
musical instrument
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it's all in the throat, and
it's from a place in the area
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more or less of
northern Mongolia.'
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I thought he'd faint. I thought
he would faint over the phone.
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He said, 'My God, how did
you know that?'
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I'm a tree trimmer by trade,
I'm also a recording engineer,
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and sometimes I mess around
with film making a little bit,
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and I play some rock and roll.
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I was a director of an
information center
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on environmental issues
in Los Angeles.
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As soon as I heard the sounds
coming out of Paul's mouth
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and then the sounds coming
from the CD he told me about
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I went and bought it, and
immediately I dreamed of
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what Tuva would be like.
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When my brother and I
were growing up
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our mom told us that
the TV was broken
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and that the only channel we
could get was PBS
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so we saw tons
of documentaries.
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Tonight on Nova, Richard
Feynman: he won
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the Nobel Prize,
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he played the bongos, he
investigated the
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Challenger disaster,
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and he collected stamps.
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He was most of all an
adventurer who in the last
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years of his life longed to
visit the remote
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lost land of Tannu Tuva
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Why would someone want
to check out Tuva?
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Well, I don't think it would
be for a middle-of-the-roader
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It is one of the last
sort of adventure outposts
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on the planet.
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The chaos?
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We hadn't slept in days
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Mario arrived the night before
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We didn't know up until the
moment we left what equipment
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we were going to use
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We weren't sure about any
interconnecting flights
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It just seemed nuts
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Even when we were standing in
line to get on the plane
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I thought we weren't
gonna make it.
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I really didn't know
what to expect.
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Have a good trip.
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It wasn't until the plane
lifted off
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and that's when it's like
OK this is it
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there's no turnin' back
at this point
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'course unless the plane goes
down over the ocean or
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something like that.
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On a Russian airplane
everything is the bar
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and smoking section.
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There's no direct flight from
America to Tuva.
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Then we got on a domestic
Aeroflot flight, which is
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a unique experience in life.
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It was like two days straight
of traveling. It was just hell
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Oh my God, I can't believe
we made it.
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We're here.
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Man, I'm just hoping this
is a stop for a while.
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Well, you locate China
on the map
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and north from there
is Mongolia
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and over the Tannu Ola
Mountains lies Tuva.
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Tannu Tuva was actually an
independent country from 192 1
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until about 1944.
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Before 192 1 it was part
of Mongolia which was
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part of China.
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Tuvans, however, reject the
notion that they a part of
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either Mongolia or China.
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For centuries Tuva was inhabited
by various nomadic tribes,
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from the Scythians from way back
several thousand years ago,
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through the Huns, the Turkic
peoples, Khyrgiz, and Ouigurs.
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The Turks left there language
and culture on Central Asia
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much more strongly than the
Mongolians did.
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Tuvans were traditionally
nomadic animal herders,
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who would move from place to
place depending on
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where there was fresh grazing
available for their herd.
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Russians filtered into Tuva
over several centuries.
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Russians came in search of
gold when it was discovered
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about 80 years ago.
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In 1944 after the Tuvan cavalry
fought along side Soviet troops,
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against Nazi Germany Tuva became
part of the Soviet Union.
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It is presently in the Russian
Federation.
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Tuvan climate is extreme!
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It goes from, well over
100 degrees
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to minus 50, 60 degrees
Fahrenheit in the winter.
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Tuva is about the size of
North Dakota.
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There about 200,000 Tuvans
and about 100,000 Russians.
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Smattering of other
nationalities.
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The Tuvans who lived in the
cities
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were somewhat incorporated
into the Soviet culture
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A lot of the Tuvans who lived
in the country were left alone.
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We made it kid, we made it.
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Well you can feel it. You feel
the uh,
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it's imprinted in the stone
there.
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Center of Asia!
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A snapshot, I'd love to send
one home to my mother.
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I wish I knew how to translate
that verse into Tuvan.
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Roko, 'ride a horse'? I can't
ride their horses, but I'm
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glad to be here to sing with
them.
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Paul will also ride a Tuvan
horse, yes, definitely.
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I thought they were too small
for me.
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Shoot, I'm liable to kill a
Tuvan horse.
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They ain't got Tuvans
big as I am.
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Kongar-ol Ondar is
an amazing guy,
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and in Tuva he's kinda' like
John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley,
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and MichaelJordan kinda'
rolled into one,
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as far as the way the people
think of him.
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In my youthful years I gave
all of myself to my art.
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I traveled a lot and
worked hard and
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I was honored to be awarded
''National Artist.'' Now I want
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to pass on our traditions
to the next generation.
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I teach at the National Art
School and I've organized a
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children's ensemble. I want my
students to see other countries
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and my goal is to show them a
way to continue our traditions
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People should see children as
well as old masters throatsing
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Beautiful!
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One little guys' kargyraa is
just too bad!
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My nickname is ''Earthquake''
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Your nickname is ''Little
Earthquake''.
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Kongar-ol also arranged a
surprise visit
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by the members of Huun-Huur-Tu.
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Hello, hello.
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The human voice produces all
kinds of sounds.
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When we produce a note, or we
sing a note,
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there are a bunch of other
notes that we make
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that are way high which give
us a certain characteristic
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to our voice, because of these
overtones, these harmonics,
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these higher frequencies which
are produced at the same time
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that the regular note is being
produced.
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The Tuvans have figured out a
way to isolate these overtones
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and produce them one at a time,
or a few at a time,
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so that you can hear them
individually.
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You that I have ever heard.
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How do you do that?
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The didgeridoo is considered
by ethnomusicologists
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to be the oldest wind
instrument in the world.
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It is nothing more than just
a branch of eucalyptus tree
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hollowed out by termites.
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I knew that the Tuvan
people would have great
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appreciation for the
simplicity of this instrument
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and the sounds that it could
make.
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I also special ordered seventy
of these little nose flutes.
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These are two of our most
revered throatsinging masters.
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Tumat? Tumat-Kara-ol. Yes!
Yes, I've heard him on disc.
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Yes, isn't it? I think so
anyway.
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Hey, and here's another one.
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He's a master on the igil.
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Oh, my teacher.
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I want to learn how to play
the igil.
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And then we encountered the
first
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of the sheep-slaughtering
ceremonies
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Someone said that Genghis Khan
was the person that introduced
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this idea, that the blood of
the animal is sacred
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and that for some reason it
should never touch the ground.
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People in Tuva are proud to be
a part of Genghis Khan's legacy.
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People mistook Tuvans from
Mongolians, but Genghis Khan
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recognized the Tuvans as a
distinct nationality with there
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own culture and language.
This is probably due the fact,
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that his greatest general a
General Subotai, was a Tuvan.
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And Subotai was a general
under whose command
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Europe fell to Genghis Khan's
armies in the 1200's.
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Kongar-ol named his oldest
son Chinghiss,
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which is the Tuvan form of
Genghis.
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A sprig of parsley and a
little oregano,
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and a bottle of Greek beer
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and I'll eat all of it.
I'll eat the whole thing.
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I had to read a book to find
out what they did in the
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sheep-slaughtering ceremony
that they did in my honor.
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The slaughterer basically
sticks his hand in the sheep
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and squeezes the aorta or
rips it out,
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essentially giving the sheep
a heart attack.
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And this we're going to
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prepare with a Tuvan recipe,
and it will taste great!
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They make blood sausage out
of it that they call Han.
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No spices, no sauce, just
straight blood sausage.
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One of the very frustrating
things about blindness is
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that you could be there and
not know what's going on anyway.
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For Paul, the guest of honor,
is the Fat of Lamb's Tail.
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Mario is also an honored guest
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so he will receive the meat of
the sternum.
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Tell him I'm vegetarian.
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I don't like lamb.
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Rack of lamb I like, in a
Persian restaurant,
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with lots of saffron rice.
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In front of him is a huge Fat
of Lamb's Tail, the butt!
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All fat!
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He should cut near the end.
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All right guys, I don't
believe what I'm doin' but.
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Now Paul has to cut a little
piece off,
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and now hand the piece to me
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and I'll go to the fire to
make the offering.
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Richard Feynman was a Nobel
Prize winning physicist.
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He and Ralph Leighton were
probably the first Americans
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to try to come to Tuva
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and Leighton wrote a book
called ''Tuva or Bust''
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about their struggle to
reach Tuva.
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During the first day of the
symposium
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I was trying to help Paul
practice a song
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that he wanted to perform
that night
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by a guy named
Vladimir Oidupaa.
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Oidupaa is, as far as I'm
concerned,
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the number one master of
the style kargyraa.
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I'll try to sing it and you
just check me.
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00:31:00,956 --> 00:31:03,925
So I wanted to do something
that reflected my,
368
00:31:04,126 --> 00:31:06,594
you know, my interest and
respect for Oidupaa.
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00:31:06,962 --> 00:31:08,930
I'm just not sure what
I'm doing
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that's the only fucking
problem here.
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00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:13,598
I was trying to learn the
words and I couldn't.
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Draw from memory your hometown
when you were four years old,
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and you'll get some idea of
what this is like for me.
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00:31:20,476 --> 00:31:24,936
Avam kadaider would mean 'my
mother is a woman'.
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But then they say bergen which
means 'gave'.
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00:31:28,984 --> 00:31:32,112
So 'My mother is a woman gave',
what that hell that means
377
00:31:32,321 --> 00:31:33,948
I just can't begin to figure
out.
378
00:31:34,323 --> 00:31:36,120
My head is gonna' pop,
379
00:31:36,325 --> 00:31:38,293
I hope somebody's got some
aspirin.
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I gotta' rest. I can't
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00:31:40,162 --> 00:31:41,959
OK, do you want me to call
Lyubov and ask for which
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00:31:43,665 --> 00:31:47,465
It ain't gonna' do no good when
I get up on that freakin' stage
383
00:31:47,836 --> 00:31:50,134
Oh Kongar-ol, what I do for you,
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you make me run around like a
damn soldier.
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00:31:53,842 --> 00:31:54,809
So you got three verses.
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00:31:55,100 --> 00:31:56,637
Hmmm, you got three verses.
387
00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,971
Look what you got me into.
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More than a thousand people
had come to Kyzyl
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to try out for the symposium
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00:32:07,220 --> 00:32:09,991
And one hundred and thirteen
contestants were admitted,
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including a few foreigners and
Paul Pena.
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00:32:13,695 --> 00:32:16,664
It's the first time I can ever
remember having stage fright.
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00:32:16,865 --> 00:32:20,995
I can speak a little Tuvan.
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My name is Paul Pena.
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I'm Oyun.
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Oyun?
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You could just sense the
anticipation
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00:32:30,212 --> 00:32:32,510
of the days leading up to the
event.
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00:32:32,881 --> 00:32:36,339
It was very obvious that it
was a much needed reclamation
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00:32:36,552 --> 00:32:40,682
of the pride and the heritage
of the Tuvan people.
401
00:32:45,727 --> 00:32:49,185
Without question, very much
was lost under the Soviets.
402
00:32:49,398 --> 00:32:53,198
In the past, wearing traditional
clothing was forbidden.
403
00:32:54,403 --> 00:32:57,201
They robbed the minorities of
their culture,
404
00:32:57,406 --> 00:32:59,874
they forbid their language
to be spoken,
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00:33:00,750 --> 00:33:02,543
they make them learn Russian
in school,
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00:33:02,744 --> 00:33:05,542
and they smile through it all
407
00:33:05,747 --> 00:33:08,875
and show you posters of happy
nationalities.
408
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:13,430
Biggest scam in the world, let
me tell you.
409
00:33:13,589 --> 00:33:17,470
Immediately when I received a
letter from my American friends
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00:33:17,259 --> 00:33:21,590
the K GB would stop me and
interrogate me.
411
00:33:21,430 --> 00:33:22,727
You talk about freedom,
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00:33:22,931 --> 00:33:25,729
there's many different kinds
of freedom.
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00:33:25,934 --> 00:33:29,620
At one point I was asking this
group of people
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if they minded if I built a
campfire like out in a meadow
415
00:33:33,275 --> 00:33:34,572
and they all looked at me like
I was crazy,
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00:33:34,776 --> 00:33:37,244
like you can do what ever you
wanna' do, you know.
417
00:33:38,113 --> 00:33:40,741
There's no fences, when you
get out of the city,
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00:33:40,949 --> 00:33:42,576
there's no property lines.
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00:33:42,784 --> 00:33:44,581
You go where your herds
wanna' go.
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00:33:46,455 --> 00:33:48,753
We live in such a beautiful
place because our ancestors
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fought for and protected
our land for us.
422
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,428
We are heirs to their
wisdom
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00:33:54,796 --> 00:33:57,264
and to their struggle.
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00:33:57,799 --> 00:34:00,970
Oidupaa is in jail somewhere
and nobody, even the
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00:34:00,302 --> 00:34:04,261
president of Tuva doesn't know
where the Russians took him
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00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,609
Their spirit is connected with
nature and with the land itself.
427
00:34:07,809 --> 00:34:15,773
And so no dogma or, you know,
political philosophy can truly
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00:34:15,984 --> 00:34:18,953
ever take them over.
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00:34:19,321 --> 00:34:22,119
I've been told by people with
experience that
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00:34:22,324 --> 00:34:25,782
what probably happened they took
him away for being a dissident.
431
00:34:26,161 --> 00:34:32,293
A few composers in Moscow
supported my bid to create a
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00:34:32,668 --> 00:34:36,798
throatsinging symposium. They
helped me get money from Moscow
433
00:34:37,172 --> 00:34:40,972
& together we began seeking out
traditional composers in Kyzyl.
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00:34:41,510 --> 00:34:44,809
If people live in friendship
then peace prevails
435
00:34:45,180 --> 00:34:49,310
and life becomes good for
everybody.
436
00:34:50,686 --> 00:34:53,814
Well, the first day of the
symposium was totally crazy.
437
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We didn't know when the
performance times were.
438
00:34:57,192 --> 00:34:59,990
They kept on changing the rules
on us on an hourly basis.
439
00:35:00,195 --> 00:35:01,492
In fact, at one point they
actually said that
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00:35:01,697 --> 00:35:03,665
we had to go and get AIDS
tested.
441
00:35:03,865 --> 00:35:06,163
Or else we're going to get
booted from the country.
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00:35:06,368 --> 00:35:07,665
And poor Paul, I mean, who
443
00:35:07,869 --> 00:35:12,329
has to kind of rely on what he
hears and what people tell him.
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00:35:12,541 --> 00:35:15,840
People who were organizing the
festival would come to Paul and
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00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:18,171
us and tell us that 'Paul is
about to go on,
446
00:35:18,380 --> 00:35:19,506
and then come back moments
later and say...
447
00:35:19,715 --> 00:35:21,182
'No we're not', and then 'yes
we are',
448
00:35:21,383 --> 00:35:22,850
and then 'no were not',
and 'yes we are',
449
00:35:23,510 --> 00:35:24,678
and finally I just stopped
listening.
450
00:35:25,530 --> 00:35:28,220
I'm not sure how I got to be
a judge exactly, except uh,
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I think it was Kongar-ol that
arranged it.
452
00:35:34,229 --> 00:35:39,189
The opening night they called
up all the judges to the stage.
453
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:47,538
I was thinking all along
about Feynman,
454
00:35:47,909 --> 00:35:53,211
and I got up on the stage and
I shouted out, 'Feynman Lives!'
455
00:35:58,587 --> 00:36:00,714
There are six basic styles of
throatsinging,
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00:36:00,922 --> 00:36:03,891
and of those Kongar-ol's
specialty is called sygyt,
457
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:06,219
and Paul's specialty is called
kargyraa.
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00:36:07,262 --> 00:36:10,231
Sygyt creates a really loud
intense harmonic.
459
00:36:26,281 --> 00:36:28,249
The big thing about kargyraa is
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00:36:28,450 --> 00:36:31,419
that it allows the singer to
get a note,
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00:36:31,620 --> 00:36:33,247
an octave below the note that
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00:36:33,455 --> 00:36:36,253
that singer is actually singing.
463
00:36:39,461 --> 00:36:41,258
Kongar-ol was asking me,
'What is Paul going to sing?'
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00:36:41,463 --> 00:36:42,760
And he knew Paul was nervous.
465
00:36:43,298 --> 00:36:45,596
He should sing ''ARTE SAYIR''
because it's the most famous.
466
00:36:46,301 --> 00:36:48,769
Paul wanted to surprise Kongar-
ol with the Oidupaa song,
467
00:36:48,970 --> 00:36:52,599
but Kongar-ol kept asking, 10
minutes before he was gonna go
468
00:36:52,808 --> 00:36:57,609
on stage Paul said, 'I'm gonna'
sing the song by Oidupaa.'
469
00:36:57,813 --> 00:37:00,281
He can't sing Oidupaa! Oidupaa
is in jail now!
470
00:37:00,482 --> 00:37:03,280
He is dishonorable now! To sing
his songs somewhere else may be
471
00:37:03,485 --> 00:37:05,282
OK, but not at the festival!
472
00:37:08,490 --> 00:37:11,288
Oh! I practiced that stupid
thing for nothing,
473
00:37:11,827 --> 00:37:14,125
only to find out it's forbidden!
474
00:37:15,831 --> 00:37:17,958
I didn't know what I could do
to help.
475
00:37:19,334 --> 00:37:21,302
I'm just not sure what I'm
doing.
476
00:37:22,170 --> 00:37:24,968
I was sort of worried when
I saw Paul like that.
477
00:37:25,674 --> 00:37:27,843
I basically decided that to
myself that that was it:
478
00:37:27,843 --> 00:37:31,643
Paul was gonna' come on stage
and apologize for not being
479
00:37:31,847 --> 00:37:33,314
prepared, because Paul is a
humble guy.
480
00:37:33,682 --> 00:37:36,981
And I turned to Lemon and I go
'Lemon, what do you think?'
481
00:37:37,185 --> 00:37:41,144
and Lemon goes, 'No problem,
Paul's a pro, he'll do fine.'
482
00:37:41,356 --> 00:37:44,655
And I remember leaving Lemon,
thinking he has absolutely no
483
00:37:44,860 --> 00:37:47,328
idea what condition Paul was
in backstage.
484
00:37:47,529 --> 00:37:51,329
I've worked with Paul enough
to know that he was a very
485
00:37:51,700 --> 00:37:53,668
spontaneous person. 5 minutes
before he goes on stage...
486
00:37:54,536 --> 00:37:57,835
I said look Paul, 'Your main
goal is to go and kick ass.
487
00:37:58,390 --> 00:38:01,338
I mean you're American,
you're comin' to Tuva,
488
00:38:01,543 --> 00:38:05,100
it's like all these Tuvans have
been singin' since the day they
489
00:38:05,213 --> 00:38:08,341
were born and they're all up
there tryin' to win that horse.'
490
00:38:12,387 --> 00:38:15,356
Paul had waited twelve years
for this moment.
491
00:38:23,899 --> 00:38:27,198
Sure helps the stage fright
to be with a beautiful lady.
492
00:38:27,569 --> 00:38:30,197
Dear friends, I would like to
introduce you
493
00:38:30,906 --> 00:38:32,874
the man who I walked on stage
with.
494
00:38:33,740 --> 00:38:36,202
One of his Tuvan friends gave
him a very good nickname.
495
00:38:36,578 --> 00:38:38,546
He called him ''Earthquake.''
496
00:38:38,914 --> 00:38:41,883
His friend called him
Earthquake because when he
497
00:38:42,250 --> 00:38:44,548
sings kargyraa the ground
shakes.
498
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,889
He is blind... but he is a
well known bluesman
499
00:38:48,256 --> 00:38:51,225
in America, he's from San
Francisco, California...
500
00:38:51,593 --> 00:38:54,562
I proudly introduce you to:
Paul Pena
501
00:39:00,769 --> 00:39:03,237
Thank you very much
502
00:39:33,468 --> 00:39:36,767
He didn't even know for sure
what he should even perform.
503
00:39:37,138 --> 00:39:40,938
I can speak very little Tuvan.
504
00:39:42,811 --> 00:39:45,439
It feels like I have no head.
505
00:39:45,981 --> 00:39:47,949
I got out there and said to
myself,
506
00:39:48,149 --> 00:39:51,949
'what have you got your ass
into dude?'
507
00:39:53,989 --> 00:39:56,958
To my dear friends,
508
00:39:57,325 --> 00:40:01,955
the Tuvan people,
509
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:13,464
and to my friend from
Chadaana,...
510
00:40:14,175 --> 00:40:18,805
Kongar-ol.
511
00:40:21,850 --> 00:40:25,149
My big time fifty word
vocabulary
512
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:28,318
and my surface knowledge of
grammar and all
513
00:40:28,523 --> 00:40:30,991
that was what I was using.
514
00:40:34,290 --> 00:40:38,329
If only...
515
00:40:39,367 --> 00:40:41,494
I could speak Tuvan ...
516
00:40:42,370 --> 00:40:44,665
very well.
517
00:40:49,544 --> 00:40:51,171
Thank you very much.
518
00:41:00,555 --> 00:41:01,852
They had other people perform
519
00:41:02,570 --> 00:41:05,260
from various countries that
are around Tuva,
520
00:41:05,226 --> 00:41:07,524
but they'd never seen anybody
from America,
521
00:41:07,729 --> 00:41:10,197
and they'd never seen anybody
play the blues.
522
00:42:30,478 --> 00:42:31,945
They wouldn't let him get of
for what,
523
00:42:32,147 --> 00:42:33,774
fifteen minutes or something
like that.
524
00:42:33,982 --> 00:42:36,450
They just kept on making him
do another one.
525
00:42:36,651 --> 00:42:40,280
Little did I know what would
happen.
526
00:42:41,322 --> 00:42:42,289
I broke a string.
527
00:42:42,657 --> 00:42:44,284
Ahh, you broke a string?
528
00:42:47,162 --> 00:42:49,630
We need a dosh-poluur or
another guitar...
529
00:42:50,331 --> 00:42:53,630
A dosh-poluur or another
guitar, do we have one?
530
00:42:59,674 --> 00:43:01,642
Whatever.
531
00:43:01,843 --> 00:43:03,640
Paul plucks a couple times
532
00:43:03,845 --> 00:43:05,142
and then breaks out in
533
00:43:05,346 --> 00:43:08,645
this very traditional Tuvan
song...in Tuvan.
534
00:44:31,266 --> 00:44:32,733
Thank you very much.
535
00:44:34,602 --> 00:44:39,620
My Tuvan friends, thank you
very much.
536
00:45:01,629 --> 00:45:03,756
Where does a guy faint?
537
00:45:04,299 --> 00:45:07,598
Really, where does a guy faint?
I heard that.
538
00:45:07,802 --> 00:45:10,771
I was so damned scared I
almost fell on the stage.
539
00:45:13,808 --> 00:45:15,275
Earthquake!
540
00:45:15,476 --> 00:45:17,774
Yeah, Earthquake!
541
00:45:18,646 --> 00:45:22,275
If they give him a horse,
what's he going to do?!
542
00:45:22,483 --> 00:45:25,111
He'll give it to me, won't he?!
543
00:45:25,820 --> 00:45:27,788
Or to my son, Bayir?!
544
00:45:28,323 --> 00:45:30,450
Only if he teaches me
how to ride it first.
545
00:45:34,829 --> 00:45:36,296
Ondar Daryma!
546
00:45:40,100 --> 00:45:43,960
I'm Ondar Daryma, nice to meet
you.
547
00:45:46,841 --> 00:45:49,969
I heard you were great!
548
00:45:50,345 --> 00:45:51,312
Fantastic!
549
00:45:52,847 --> 00:45:55,145
In California...
550
00:45:55,350 --> 00:45:58,148
I have been learning
the ways of the shaman.
551
00:45:59,854 --> 00:46:02,322
This is a great honor.
552
00:46:02,857 --> 00:46:05,826
Feynman! He was very dear to me
553
00:46:06,361 --> 00:46:08,158
and Leighton, my good friend,
554
00:46:08,529 --> 00:46:12,659
please give him my warmest
regards.
555
00:46:14,202 --> 00:46:16,500
Paul wasn't going to perform
again until the end of the week,
556
00:46:16,704 --> 00:46:19,172
so we had some time to
check out the country side.
557
00:46:19,540 --> 00:46:21,508
We traveled for days,
a number of times
558
00:46:22,210 --> 00:46:24,178
we were totally lost,
or seemed like we were lost
559
00:46:24,545 --> 00:46:26,342
You know we were just going up
and down mountains.
560
00:47:35,616 --> 00:47:40,417
Professional drivers, they want
to hear you sing kargyraa,
561
00:47:40,621 --> 00:47:41,918
just a little bit, O.K.?
562
00:47:42,623 --> 00:47:43,749
OK.
563
00:47:44,459 --> 00:47:46,427
They want to hear it for
themselves,
564
00:47:49,297 --> 00:47:50,594
Just a little
565
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:55,598
To my friend, Kongar-ol,
from Chadaana
566
00:47:58,306 --> 00:48:02,936
and to all my friends in
Chadaana,
567
00:48:03,978 --> 00:48:07,277
I will sing my kargyraa.
568
00:48:32,340 --> 00:48:34,308
He's from America, Paul Pena.
569
00:48:34,675 --> 00:48:36,643
Let me shake your hand!
570
00:48:39,347 --> 00:48:40,974
That was great!
571
00:48:43,351 --> 00:48:46,650
So there's a huge line there
but because of you
572
00:48:46,854 --> 00:48:49,823
they let us go without a line.
573
00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:05,500
Then we visited a monument
that was erected in a spot
574
00:49:05,206 --> 00:49:07,674
where the Dalai Lama had been
two years earlier.
575
00:49:08,209 --> 00:49:11,838
Although Tuvans were originally
shamanistic they also embraced
576
00:49:12,213 --> 00:49:14,181
Tibetan Buddhism 500 years ago,
and the Dalai Lama
577
00:49:14,549 --> 00:49:19,179
is the spiritual leader of the
Tuvan people.
578
00:49:22,723 --> 00:49:29,356
Holy Jesus! It's like a
feeling, like something, I don't
579
00:49:30,565 --> 00:49:33,534
know. I don't know whether you
can get such a thing on a
580
00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:36,696
camera or not, and I'm damned
if I can say it.
581
00:49:37,405 --> 00:49:40,203
It's like going back 1500 years
to another world or something.
582
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:56,215
Kongar-ol told us that this
guy was a Shaman
583
00:49:56,424 --> 00:49:58,551
and he was speaking
in a language so old that
584
00:49:58,759 --> 00:50:00,727
even he didn't understand it.
585
00:50:39,133 --> 00:50:42,102
And this is Tuvan araka
distilled from fermented milk.
586
00:50:42,303 --> 00:50:46,763
It's full...well half full
anyway, ha ha.
587
00:50:52,313 --> 00:50:54,941
Tuvan vodka!
588
00:50:57,818 --> 00:50:59,786
You need to make an offering
589
00:50:59,987 --> 00:51:02,114
to the North, to the South
590
00:51:02,323 --> 00:51:07,784
the East and West, to Mount
Hairakan, so that you will visit
591
00:51:07,995 --> 00:51:11,795
Tuva again, so that you will
throatsing beautifully and so
592
00:51:11,999 --> 00:51:14,797
that the people of Tuva will
be protected.
593
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:16,629
Amen.
594
00:51:27,848 --> 00:51:31,648
Welcome, sit down please.
Welcome.
595
00:51:33,187 --> 00:51:35,655
Tuvan Vodka!
596
00:51:37,191 --> 00:51:40,160
Not Smirnoff Vodka.
597
00:51:40,361 --> 00:51:42,989
Here's to his grandmother
598
00:51:54,709 --> 00:51:58,668
He said, 'Yeltsin, when he came,
he also drank that.'
599
00:52:00,548 --> 00:52:04,177
And that's why Russia's all
fucked up!
600
00:52:05,219 --> 00:52:08,170
Kongar-ol had some very specific
places that he wanted
601
00:52:08,222 --> 00:52:11,191
to take us. We visited his mom
and spent a night
602
00:52:11,392 --> 00:52:13,189
outside of Chadaana.
603
00:52:14,395 --> 00:52:16,693
Hello, hello mother.
604
00:52:16,897 --> 00:52:19,240
Mario would always crack a joke.
605
00:52:19,233 --> 00:52:22,310
Twelve o'clock and all is well!
606
00:52:23,237 --> 00:52:28,197
Deux cappuccino, garcon, deux
cappuccino.
607
00:52:28,743 --> 00:52:31,712
A little extra cinnamon in one.
608
00:52:46,761 --> 00:52:51,610
We're always stopping at
different rivers, and we'd sing
609
00:52:51,265 --> 00:52:54,630
a few songs about the river
because, I mean, in Tuva
610
00:52:54,268 --> 00:52:56,236
a lot of the songs are about
rivers.
611
00:52:56,437 --> 00:52:58,735
Ask him what's the name of the
river.
612
00:52:58,939 --> 00:53:03,740
Chadaana River! Yeah, same as
the town.
613
00:53:21,295 --> 00:53:25,425
The Chadaana River is different
614
00:53:25,633 --> 00:53:27,601
from every other one in the
world.
615
00:53:27,968 --> 00:53:29,265
There are so many songs about
Chadaana,
616
00:53:29,470 --> 00:53:31,836
I can't even count them all!
617
00:53:41,315 --> 00:53:45,775
Paul, now you'll have a little
bath in the Chadaana River.
618
00:53:53,327 --> 00:53:57,286
Oh, right here. OK I get you
now.
619
00:54:00,334 --> 00:54:02,962
Ohhhhhhhh, Paul!
620
00:54:11,110 --> 00:54:14,310
That much stronger will my
kargyraa be now. Cause I
621
00:54:14,515 --> 00:54:17,484
washed my face in
Chadaananow my kargyraa will
622
00:54:17,685 --> 00:54:21,815
be stronger. Something like
that anyway.
623
00:54:24,358 --> 00:54:30,319
Medicine from the west of
Tuva, Chadaana water. Good?
624
00:54:42,877 --> 00:54:47,337
Now we need a little araka.
625
00:54:51,385 --> 00:54:55,845
Roko, Paul, I make this
offering at the Chadaana
626
00:54:56,560 --> 00:55:01,358
River the 23rd day of the
6 month of 1995. I am
627
00:55:03,230 --> 00:55:07,360
grateful my friends from
so far away could be here
628
00:55:07,568 --> 00:55:10,360
in Chadaana, and I hope we
will be here together
629
00:55:10,237 --> 00:55:13,350
again in the future
630
00:55:27,421 --> 00:55:30,390
Amen. Oh Christ
I'm hot guys.
631
00:55:42,436 --> 00:55:45,640
Totally, you must get
totally wet.
632
00:55:50,945 --> 00:55:52,913
It's cold!!!
633
00:55:57,451 --> 00:55:58,918
Very good!
634
00:55:59,119 --> 00:56:00,416
Oh, you're a devil.
635
00:56:00,621 --> 00:56:02,589
I'm 'mo throw your ass in
636
00:56:03,791 --> 00:56:06,760
I haven't learned how to say
''enough'' yet.
637
00:56:06,961 --> 00:56:10,761
Now we're going to a desert
where there are sand dunes.
638
00:56:57,177 --> 00:57:00,476
This is my grandfather.
639
00:58:03,577 --> 00:58:07,536
It was the roughest ride
I've ever had in my life in
640
00:58:07,748 --> 00:58:10,717
an automobile. But we
finally got back.
641
00:58:12,860 --> 00:58:15,544
This one time we were out
in front of this banquet,
642
00:58:15,756 --> 00:58:20,557
the area was being rented
by a graduation ceremony
643
00:58:20,761 --> 00:58:23,559
for a school of Russian
young women.
644
00:58:28,602 --> 00:58:30,729
There was so many places
where all a sudden
645
00:58:30,938 --> 00:58:33,406
there was like a gang of
folks around man, and like,
646
00:58:33,607 --> 00:58:37,650
it gets really confusing,
I'm in new places
647
00:58:37,277 --> 00:58:41,236
I can't ask questions, I
just feel damn disoriented.
648
00:58:41,615 --> 00:58:45,244
I'm afraid to take a step
anywhere. As a totally
649
00:58:45,452 --> 00:58:50,253
sighted person I can't
expect you to understand
650
00:58:53,627 --> 00:58:57,256
When I get into a situation
where I'm disoriented that
651
00:58:57,464 --> 00:59:01,930
I hardly know my name is or
don't dare turn around or,
652
00:59:01,301 --> 00:59:05,101
I just really feel, you know,
why the hell am I here man?
653
00:59:05,305 --> 00:59:07,432
these guys could do this shit
without me, and a lot easier
654
00:59:07,641 --> 00:59:10,439
cause they wouldn't have to
worry about some yo-yo
655
00:59:10,644 --> 00:59:12,612
to look after all the time.
656
00:59:16,650 --> 00:59:20,609
Most people get 95%of their
information with their eyes
657
00:59:20,821 --> 00:59:24,621
that like puts me decidedly
in the deviant category
658
00:59:24,825 --> 00:59:27,794
among human beings.
659
00:59:28,662 --> 00:59:31,130
I feel very alienated in
America,
660
00:59:31,331 --> 00:59:35,290
very unwanted.
661
00:59:36,170 --> 00:59:39,298
Sometimes it's just people
enjoying what I do,
662
00:59:39,506 --> 00:59:42,634
my friends. Sometimes I
don't get strength, sometimes
663
00:59:42,843 --> 00:59:46,301
I wake up and wish I
didn't have to wake up.
664
01:01:18,438 --> 01:01:22,738
There are people who have
lived here for many years
665
01:01:22,943 --> 01:01:24,740
who do not speak Tuvan
666
01:01:24,945 --> 01:01:27,914
so it was inspiring to see
Paul throatsing so well
667
01:01:28,115 --> 01:01:30,913
and perform songs he
composed in Tuvan.
668
01:01:31,785 --> 01:01:34,830
He understands our
language and Traditions
669
01:01:34,288 --> 01:01:37,257
so he sings with certain
nuances that are
670
01:01:37,457 --> 01:01:41,757
specifically Tuvan, and he
performs them extremely well
671
01:02:21,835 --> 01:02:26,465
you will all enjoy the
next performer very much
672
01:02:26,673 --> 01:02:30,473
because of how much you liked
him during the first night.
673
01:02:30,677 --> 01:02:34,477
Our guest from America, Paul
Pena!
674
01:02:44,191 --> 01:02:46,819
I guess there was some people
675
01:02:47,270 --> 01:02:50,485
that just felt that my singing
a melody that was
676
01:02:50,697 --> 01:02:52,995
very identifiably one of
Oidupaa's,
677
01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:57,000
you know they weren't really
sure how it would go over.
678
01:02:57,204 --> 01:03:02,836
To my friends, the Tuvan people
679
01:03:03,710 --> 01:03:09,171
and to my friend from Chadaana,
Kongar-ol.
680
01:03:09,549 --> 01:03:12,677
But I did, in fact, do on the
second night
681
01:03:12,886 --> 01:03:16,185
what I had intended to do the
first night.
682
01:03:16,890 --> 01:03:21,850
I will sing my Kargyraa for you.
683
01:03:54,928 --> 01:03:57,726
Thank you very much.
684
01:04:06,273 --> 01:04:09,401
Paul, they want you to sing
again.
685
01:04:52,652 --> 01:04:55,621
Thank you! Thank you very much!
686
01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:10,959
In the eyes of the crowd, he was
the winner, period.
687
01:05:54,470 --> 01:05:57,160
Winner in the Kargyraa Division
688
01:05:57,217 --> 01:06:01,517
and recipient of the Audience
Favorite Award... Paul Pena!
689
01:07:00,780 --> 01:07:04,409
I don't know what to say. Thank
you very much.
690
01:07:05,452 --> 01:07:14,759
To the other foreigners
and to the Tuvan people
691
01:07:15,795 --> 01:07:18,593
Thank you very much.
692
01:07:26,139 --> 01:07:30,599
I don't know how to put it
exactly into words.
693
01:07:30,810 --> 01:07:33,438
I mean it was like, honor is a
small word
694
01:07:33,647 --> 01:07:35,615
to describe what it feels like
695
01:07:35,815 --> 01:07:39,444
to have come out as I did on
something like this.
696
01:07:53,833 --> 01:08:00,796
We love you very much! ...from
all Tuvan people!
697
01:08:07,180 --> 01:08:14,143
Hi, Ralph! Paul is a winner in
the Kargyraa division!
698
01:08:38,878 --> 01:08:41,847
And then some bad things started
to happen.
699
01:08:42,215 --> 01:08:44,342
If I'm not in California by the
time that ends,
700
01:08:44,551 --> 01:08:48,681
you will have a dead or a crazy
man to deal with.
701
01:08:49,550 --> 01:08:51,182
It was perfectly timed where
Paul's medication
702
01:08:51,391 --> 01:08:53,359
would last until the end of the
trip.
703
01:08:53,560 --> 01:08:56,688
You've gotta' understand man,
you gotta' fuckin' believe me.
704
01:08:56,896 --> 01:08:58,523
Paul lost some of his
medication.
705
01:08:58,898 --> 01:09:01,867
We lose everything we gained
man.
706
01:09:02,235 --> 01:09:04,320
And all of a sudden it looked
Like
707
01:09:04,237 --> 01:09:06,340
he might have to cut his whole
trip short.
708
01:09:06,239 --> 01:09:09,370
Don't misunderstand man, I don't
want it this way.
709
01:09:09,242 --> 01:09:12,400
Kongar-ol was involved in a
fight on the street
710
01:09:12,245 --> 01:09:14,713
with a drunk and ended up
breaking
711
01:09:14,914 --> 01:09:17,542
his hand in the process of
defending himself.
712
01:09:17,917 --> 01:09:20,215
I collapsed in the middle of
the night if I recall.
713
01:09:20,420 --> 01:09:22,217
When we took Mario to the
Hospital
714
01:09:22,422 --> 01:09:25,721
they actually said that he had
a heart attack.
715
01:09:37,270 --> 01:09:40,899
This giant thunder lightning
storm came in
716
01:09:41,107 --> 01:09:46,568
and it was like, like the gods
themselves were against us.
717
01:09:47,781 --> 01:09:50,909
How did I feel when I thought
Mario was going to die?
718
01:09:51,117 --> 01:09:52,914
I don't know what I felt, I was
numb,
719
01:09:53,119 --> 01:09:55,747
because that wasn't what was
supposed to happen.
720
01:09:56,790 --> 01:09:59,258
Everything seemed to just go
down hill,
721
01:09:59,459 --> 01:10:01,757
just you know, call it like
Siberian
722
01:10:01,961 --> 01:10:04,259
voodoo, whatever you want, you
know.
723
01:10:04,464 --> 01:10:07,920
Shamanism is not the same as
what you think
724
01:10:07,300 --> 01:10:09,268
in terms of western medicine,
you
725
01:10:09,469 --> 01:10:12,438
know Shamanism deals with the
spirit.
726
01:10:17,143 --> 01:10:21,773
1990 to 1995, that's my
depression son.
727
01:10:22,148 --> 01:10:25,777
You get that initial sort of
distress thought,
728
01:10:25,985 --> 01:10:28,783
and then you quickly start
making assessments,
729
01:10:28,988 --> 01:10:30,615
cause the first thing is, you
know: have you,
730
01:10:30,824 --> 01:10:34,624
through your negligence,
endangered other individuals?
731
01:10:36,830 --> 01:10:40,129
Paul had less than two days of
medication left,
732
01:10:40,333 --> 01:10:43,302
and it was at least a two day
trip to get back.
733
01:10:43,503 --> 01:10:46,472
Do you know what I would do to
stay here one more week?
734
01:10:46,673 --> 01:10:50,302
It's hard for Paul to live in
America.
735
01:10:50,844 --> 01:10:54,302
That corner store is the only
place in the whole world
736
01:10:54,514 --> 01:10:57,142
that he can go by himself.
737
01:10:58,852 --> 01:11:01,150
I didn't wanna' leave.
738
01:11:04,357 --> 01:11:07,485
During one of the first Conver-
sations I ever had with Paul,
739
01:11:07,694 --> 01:11:09,992
he told me how he went to cash
a check
740
01:11:10,196 --> 01:11:11,993
and when he walked out on the
street
741
01:11:12,198 --> 01:11:14,166
somebody asked him directions.
742
01:11:14,367 --> 01:11:16,995
And as Paul was trying to
explain the directions
743
01:11:17,203 --> 01:11:21,162
this guy snatched 400 bucks out
of Paul's hand and took off.
744
01:11:22,375 --> 01:11:26,334
Paul gets depressed and he takes
medication for it.
745
01:11:27,380 --> 01:11:29,348
And now Paul had to leave Tuva
746
01:11:29,549 --> 01:11:32,170
because his prescription only
lasted a short time.
747
01:11:32,218 --> 01:11:34,686
I could see it, Kongar-ol was so
confused.
748
01:11:34,888 --> 01:11:39,518
He wants to be able to take Paul
back to his home town.
749
01:11:40,894 --> 01:11:42,862
We went to the Aeroflot office,
750
01:11:43,620 --> 01:11:45,690
and they said they would not
sell us tickets
751
01:11:45,899 --> 01:11:47,366
because we were foreigners,
752
01:11:47,567 --> 01:11:49,340
so we tried to get Kongar-ol to
buy the tickets
753
01:11:49,235 --> 01:11:50,532
and they wouldn't sell them to
him either.
754
01:11:50,737 --> 01:11:53,350
There's no life as usual in
Tuva,
755
01:11:53,239 --> 01:11:55,366
and so you have to be prepared
756
01:11:55,575 --> 01:11:58,430
to work with things as they
occur.
757
01:11:58,244 --> 01:12:00,212
Have you seen Paul's
prescription for this medicine?
758
01:12:00,413 --> 01:12:02,381
I know that it effected him very
deeply.
759
01:12:02,582 --> 01:12:05,380
In fact he wrote two songs about
being there.
760
01:12:05,752 --> 01:12:12,550
There should never be, anyone
happier than me.
761
01:12:14,427 --> 01:12:19,729
Here I sit in the middle of
Asia, feel like I wanna cry
762
01:12:20,934 --> 01:12:25,735
'cause I can't find a way to say
what I need and why.
763
01:12:31,945 --> 01:12:35,574
All my little friends are here
with me.
764
01:12:38,451 --> 01:12:41,909
I love them, God knows they love
me.
765
01:12:42,455 --> 01:12:45,913
But here I sit in Kyzyl,
766
01:12:46,125 --> 01:12:48,252
they'd help me if they could.
767
01:12:50,296 --> 01:12:52,264
I can't tell 'em what I want
768
01:12:52,465 --> 01:12:54,592
'cause I just can't talk too
good.
769
01:12:54,801 --> 01:12:58,430
It's such a hard life when
you're stupid.
770
01:13:00,640 --> 01:13:03,939
It's a hard life when you're
blind.
771
01:13:05,812 --> 01:13:08,440
Here I sit in the middle of
Asia,
772
01:13:08,648 --> 01:13:14,450
I can't find my way to tell 'em
what I need
773
01:13:14,654 --> 01:13:17,452
and why I just can't stay.
774
01:13:18,491 --> 01:13:20,959
They say I'm a sick man, I know,
775
01:13:23,496 --> 01:13:27,455
but the doctors, they just say
No.
776
01:13:28,167 --> 01:13:31,466
Here I sit in the middle of Asia
And
777
01:13:31,838 --> 01:13:34,807
I don't wanna go but some damn
Law
778
01:13:35,800 --> 01:13:38,967
and beaurocrat makes me hit the
door.
779
01:13:39,345 --> 01:13:43,304
It's such a hard life when
you're stupid
780
01:13:45,180 --> 01:13:49,148
Such a hard life when you're
blind.
781
01:13:50,523 --> 01:13:54,152
I don't know just what I've done
782
01:13:54,527 --> 01:13:56,995
but I can't even sign
783
01:13:58,310 --> 01:14:02,991
I ain't robbed nobody but it
feels like doin' time...
784
01:14:03,870 --> 01:14:05,497
The way Paul reads text
785
01:14:05,705 --> 01:14:08,300
is by using a device that scans
each letter,
786
01:14:08,207 --> 01:14:10,175
then raises a series of pins
787
01:14:10,376 --> 01:14:12,503
in the shape of that letter,
that he can feel.
788
01:14:12,712 --> 01:14:15,100
So the way that Paul learned
Tuvan was by
789
01:14:15,214 --> 01:14:17,842
translating Tuvan words letter
by letter,
790
01:14:18,510 --> 01:14:20,679
first into Russian and then
Russian into English.
791
01:14:20,887 --> 01:14:24,150
Because there was no
Tuvan/English dictionary.
792
01:14:24,557 --> 01:14:26,354
At some point somebody suggested
to us
793
01:14:26,559 --> 01:14:29,270
that possibly the cause of all
these things
794
01:14:29,228 --> 01:14:33,688
that were going wrong might
actually be a spirit matter,
795
01:14:33,900 --> 01:14:36,368
and that we should ask a Shaman
to tell us.
796
01:14:36,569 --> 01:14:38,867
We heard that we possibly had
bad luck
797
01:14:39,720 --> 01:14:41,400
because of this drum that we had
purchased.
798
01:14:41,407 --> 01:14:46,208
We had purchased a Shaman's drum
from a musician,
799
01:14:46,412 --> 01:14:51,873
and evidently this drum was not
supposed to be sold to anybody.
800
01:14:52,850 --> 01:14:54,553
It was supposed to be for
Shamanic purposes,
801
01:14:54,754 --> 01:14:56,551
it was not supposed to leave
Tuva,
802
01:14:56,756 --> 01:14:59,384
and we didn't realize this when
we bought the drum
803
01:14:59,592 --> 01:15:02,390
we thought this would be a great
thing to bring back to Ralph.
804
01:15:02,595 --> 01:15:05,223
If the drum has something bad
going on with it,
805
01:15:05,431 --> 01:15:10,232
then bad luck may follow it.
806
01:15:10,770 --> 01:15:13,238
A shaman needs to inspect the
Drum
807
01:15:13,439 --> 01:15:15,737
to determine whether the drum
has a tail
808
01:15:15,942 --> 01:15:21,903
like a devil, an evil spirit...
something inhabiting the drum.
809
01:15:22,949 --> 01:15:25,417
No, I don't think there's
anything there...
810
01:15:25,618 --> 01:15:27,916
there shouldn't be.
811
01:15:28,788 --> 01:15:30,756
And if there's a tail?
812
01:15:31,457 --> 01:15:34,850
Well, if the drum does have a
tail...
813
01:15:34,794 --> 01:15:37,922
if we can find a shaman who will
help us
814
01:15:38,131 --> 01:15:41,589
they can cut the tail off,
separating it from the drum.
815
01:15:43,636 --> 01:15:45,604
So we consulted a Shaman
816
01:15:45,805 --> 01:15:47,602
Pretty quickly, he decided that
817
01:15:47,807 --> 01:15:50,105
it didn't have a tail and it
should be fine.
818
01:15:50,476 --> 01:15:52,444
I'm not sure exactly what took
Place
819
01:15:52,645 --> 01:15:56,274
but eventually things began to
straighten out a little bit
820
01:15:56,482 --> 01:15:58,609
We found some medication for
Paul.
821
01:15:58,818 --> 01:16:00,615
Kongar-ol's hand, he had it in a
Cast
822
01:16:00,820 --> 01:16:03,288
But he was playing fine, and
Mario...
823
01:16:03,489 --> 01:16:05,616
Who will be next to fall?
824
01:16:05,825 --> 01:16:07,452
I'm gonna' call this
825
01:16:07,660 --> 01:16:12,461
the doomed expedition of 1995
Tuva, right?
826
01:16:12,665 --> 01:16:14,462
It was as if nothing had
happened,
827
01:16:14,667 --> 01:16:17,135
I was fine.
828
01:16:18,171 --> 01:16:20,469
But that's the interesting thing
about Tuva
829
01:16:20,673 --> 01:16:24,302
and about that way of life, is
that it's very spontaneous,
830
01:16:24,510 --> 01:16:26,478
and you just have to be ready.
831
01:16:26,679 --> 01:16:28,476
You have to be on your toes,
832
01:16:28,681 --> 01:16:31,479
there's opportunities that
present themselves
833
01:16:31,684 --> 01:16:33,151
and you have to take advantage
of them
834
01:16:33,352 --> 01:16:34,478
whenever they come up.
835
01:16:34,687 --> 01:16:36,655
If that drum doesn't have any
spirit in it,
836
01:16:36,856 --> 01:16:39,154
do you wanna try and conjure one
up.
837
01:16:43,696 --> 01:16:46,824
Paul had been studying Shamanism
in America,
838
01:16:47,330 --> 01:16:49,331
so Paul decided to try and
summon
839
01:16:49,535 --> 01:16:50,160
the spirit of Richard Feynman.
840
01:16:51,370 --> 01:16:54,168
Richard Feynman is sort of an
Obi-Wan Kenobi
841
01:16:54,373 --> 01:16:56,500
type of a figure,
842
01:16:56,709 --> 01:16:58,677
I mean, he was sort of the
spirit behind all this.
843
01:16:58,878 --> 01:17:00,675
He's coming
844
01:17:07,530 --> 01:17:09,210
my guide Jo-Frank.
845
01:17:09,222 --> 01:17:13,220
Jo-Frank means my grandfather
Francisco Pena,
846
01:17:13,726 --> 01:17:18,356
Padros Pena and he says,
'Feynman can hear us,
847
01:17:18,564 --> 01:17:24,196
so either speak or think what
you would say to him.
848
01:17:25,238 --> 01:17:27,206
He's in our midst.
849
01:17:50,263 --> 01:17:54,222
Tell Kongar-ol
850
01:17:55,268 --> 01:17:57,566
all you Friends of Tuva tell
them Thanks
851
01:17:57,770 --> 01:18:01,228
I don't know you very well
852
01:18:01,440 --> 01:18:04,409
I can't make you talk like me
but I'm trying to do it
853
01:18:04,610 --> 01:18:06,237
understand what I'm saying?
854
01:18:06,445 --> 01:18:11,405
I think Paul felt a sense of
freedom himself there.
855
01:18:12,285 --> 01:18:17,917
It is a great honor for me to be
called in this way.
856
01:18:18,958 --> 01:18:20,926
Though he can not see,
857
01:18:21,127 --> 01:18:23,425
Paul is a wise and extraordinary
man.
858
01:18:23,629 --> 01:18:28,259
He has inherited great shamanic
powers from his ancestors.
859
01:18:29,468 --> 01:18:34,599
Having known Paul, and knowing
his passion for Tuva,
860
01:18:34,807 --> 01:18:40,268
being there with him the day
that he could finally breathe
861
01:18:40,479 --> 01:18:42,447
Tuvan air, I was very happy to
be a part of that.
862
01:18:43,316 --> 01:18:45,284
Paul feels everything from
nature,
863
01:18:45,484 --> 01:18:47,281
from the wind, the earth, he is
very unique.
864
01:18:47,486 --> 01:18:50,614
Not everybody has been given the
abilities which Paul has
865
01:18:50,823 --> 01:18:53,792
His talents and sensitivities
which enabled him
866
01:18:53,993 --> 01:18:57,793
to become a great musician, to
learn Tuvan, to throatsing,
867
01:18:57,997 --> 01:19:01,125
and to understand people are
truly amazing.
868
01:19:02,168 --> 01:19:04,466
If this is what it takes to be a
movie star man,
869
01:19:04,670 --> 01:19:06,467
I don't want no part of it.
870
01:19:06,672 --> 01:19:08,640
It's a nice horse man, it's a
small horse,
871
01:19:08,841 --> 01:19:10,968
and it's real gentle, super
gentle horse.
872
01:19:11,177 --> 01:19:11,802
This is gonna' have to be a
short ride
873
01:19:12,110 --> 01:19:13,979
or I ain't gonna' take no guts
back to
874
01:19:14,180 --> 01:19:15,647
America, you understand that.
875
01:19:15,848 --> 01:19:17,816
Once you get up there you'll be
fine.
876
01:19:19,852 --> 01:19:26,985
I was so sick that day and I
really wanted
877
01:19:27,193 --> 01:19:29,991
to do it on a day that I, you
know felt good.
878
01:19:30,196 --> 01:19:33,165
I had no desire do some exterior
decorating
879
01:19:33,366 --> 01:19:38,668
on this poor horse, it didn't do
anything to deserve it.
880
01:19:39,872 --> 01:19:42,841
I'd much rather do it now for
example,
881
01:19:43,420 --> 01:19:46,341
you know, than the day that we
did it.
882
01:20:04,897 --> 01:20:07,365
Paul, you did it man.
883
01:20:07,900 --> 01:20:10,368
Oh, let me sit down.
884
01:20:11,570 --> 01:20:13,697
Kids love to be scared,
885
01:20:13,906 --> 01:20:16,534
you know what I mean, it's weird
but they do.
886
01:20:16,909 --> 01:20:20,868
When you get older man that shit
ain't the same thing.
887
01:20:24,750 --> 01:20:26,877
This is Ime, the village where I
was born
888
01:20:27,753 --> 01:20:29,380
and spent my youth.
889
01:20:29,588 --> 01:20:31,556
I went to elementary school
here.
890
01:20:44,103 --> 01:20:46,710
Paul, my friend, now,
891
01:20:47,440 --> 01:20:51,399
a very significant moment has
arrived.
892
01:20:51,610 --> 01:20:54,238
I am deeply moved by the fact
that Paul
893
01:20:54,447 --> 01:20:57,905
came to Tuva and participated in
the symposium,
894
01:20:58,117 --> 01:21:01,917
where he won in the Kargyraa
division.
895
01:21:02,955 --> 01:21:06,254
Even more importantly, that it
was his dream
896
01:21:06,459 --> 01:21:09,428
to come to Tuva, to Chadaana,
and most importantly
897
01:21:09,628 --> 01:21:11,255
to the village where I was born
898
01:21:11,464 --> 01:21:13,261
on the shore of the river
Hemchik.
899
01:21:13,466 --> 01:21:14,933
What I want to say is
900
01:21:15,134 --> 01:21:18,103
The beauty which surrounds us,
he can not see.
901
01:21:18,304 --> 01:21:22,263
But through my hoomei, sygyt
and kargyraa,
902
01:21:22,475 --> 01:21:27,276
I would like to help him
understand and feel that beauty.
903
01:23:07,580 --> 01:23:09,377
They can't take that away from
me,
904
01:23:09,582 --> 01:23:11,209
that's an old song you don't
know,
905
01:23:11,417 --> 01:23:13,385
but that's what it's about. I
mean it's about,
906
01:23:13,586 --> 01:23:15,554
the song talks about memories,
907
01:23:15,754 --> 01:23:17,881
and they say you can't take
that away from me.
908
01:23:18,900 --> 01:23:20,580
Well it's you know,
909
01:23:20,259 --> 01:23:22,560
something that I'll always have
to treasure.
910
01:23:22,261 --> 01:23:24,388
How about yourself Paul,
911
01:23:24,597 --> 01:23:27,650
what's in store for Paul Pena?
912
01:23:27,266 --> 01:23:29,393
I don't have a clue man.
913
01:23:30,603 --> 01:23:32,400
I'm only smart enough to know
914
01:23:32,605 --> 01:23:34,903
that I don't predict the future.
915
01:24:10,142 --> 01:24:14,101
I think Fred had it best about
the future,
916
01:24:14,480 --> 01:24:17,108
all he said was:
917
01:24:18,150 --> 01:24:23,452
You got to move,
you got to move,
918
01:24:24,823 --> 01:24:29,954
you got to move child, you got
to move
919
01:24:31,497 --> 01:24:40,303
cause when that storm gets
ready, you got to move.
920
01:24:41,674 --> 01:24:47,100
Sometimes you're up, sometimes
you're down.
921
01:24:48,180 --> 01:24:54,141
Sometimes nobody knows if
you're around.
922
01:24:55,187 --> 01:25:03,993
But when that storm gets ready,
you got to move.
923
01:25:35,227 --> 01:25:40,688
You got to move, you got to
move,
924
01:25:41,734 --> 01:25:47,195
you got to move child, you got
to move.
925
01:25:48,741 --> 01:25:53,701
Cause when that storm gets
ready,
926
01:25:55,247 --> 01:25:57,215
you got to move.
71407
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