Preserve and pass on

Explore living culture

Start with a song, programme, text or project that interests you. Keep the link and learn who created the material, where and for which audience.

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Your first result

One cultural-material record: creator or performer, context, a link and a question to explore next.

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Complete it locally. The site does not receive your notes.

  1. Choose something you want to hear or read

    For a first encounter, choose a Buryad FM programme, a Buryad TV video or a publication from Buryad Unen. Pick a topic that interests you: music, literature, everyday life or a cultural event.

  2. Find the creators and context

    Look at the caption, description or credits. Note the author, performer or organiser, date and place when supplied. If details are missing, leave a question; do not attribute the material to an entire people or an unspecified “folk author”.

  3. Keep a link and your own note

    Write two sentences about what stayed with you and what you want to understand. Add a timestamp for video or audio. Distinguish your impression from the creator’s explanation. A link is enough for a reading or listening list; you do not need to upload someone else’s file.

  4. Continue through people

    Find more work by the same creator or another perspective on the topic. If you want to join a project or event, check current arrangements with its organiser. One programme or editorial team does not represent every community or cultural perspective.

Questions for your notes

  • Who created the material, and how do they describe it?
  • How do language, place, time and audience relate?
  • Whose voice could I listen to next on this topic?

Resources for your first step

Buryad FM ↗

The site offers radio, programmes and an archive: start with one programme or song.

Check the performer or programme credit. We do not republish the recordings.

Catalogue record

Buryad TV ↗

Choose a video or programme and keep its link, title and date.

An independent external channel; its editorial positions are its own.

Catalogue record

Buryad ünen ↗

The publisher’s site has publications, media and a Buryat-language version; start with one item.

Keep the author and title of the specific publication, not just the homepage address.

Catalogue record

Help preserve knowledge

Suggest a contemporary creator, cultural project or material missing from the catalogue. Include a public link and explain its relevance. Listing an organisation or community does not make it a project partner.

Prepare a contribution

Contributions are not published automatically. The editor first discusses the source and conditions.

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