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1. Name - Coyyan Ool
===2. Culture - Tuvan culture departs from Russian culture. Tuvans are famous for their throat singing (khoomei) and poetry. They are also famous for their music, and there are more than 50 different Tuvan musical instruments. The Tuvans also specialize in carved materials, such as wood and bone. The country of Tuva is located in southern Siberia and is known as the "geographical center of Asia". Tuvans have historically been cattle-breeding nomads, tending to their herds of goats, sheep, camels, reindeer, cattle and yaks for the past thousands of years.=== ===3. Tuvans speak languages of the Turkik language family (at least 35 languages) and they have four recognized dialects (central, western, southeastern, and northeastern). Tuvans strongly believe in the religion of Tengriism, which is widely practiced alongside Tibetan Buddhism. They also believe in reincarnation after death and karma. Tuvans believe people are very connected to nature. This group of people also believes in herbal medicines that they have been developed over centuries. These characteristics would be beneficial because this group of people is very traditional and it allows people to take a step back away from all of the globalization and modern day issues and realize our old ways of living are successful in today's world.=== ===4. The cultural challenges with the Tuvan people are that the ways of living are very nontraditional and are nowhere near as modern or advance as what the rest of the world has to offer, since the world is changing at a rapid pace and the Tuvans are not following up with it. It is harder to communicate with people at distances away, since Tuvans aren't high-tech and the most modern thing they have in their regions are cars.===

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