Sayan Zhambalov

About The Author

Sayan Zhambalov is a Buryat writer, actor, and singer. He performed with the Yara Arts Group and heads Uragsha, a traditional music ensemble that has performed at the World Music Institute in New York.

Books by Sayan Zhambalov

Siberian Shamanism

The Shanar Ritual of the Buryats

By Virlana Tkacz
Foreword by Itzhak Beery / Photographs by Alexander Khantaev / With Sayan Zhambalov
An intimate account of an ancient shamanic ritual of Siberia

• Illustrated with vivid, full-color photographs throughout

• Details the many preparations and ritual objects as well as the struggles of the shamans to complete the ceremony successfully

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