that particular becarac.a fairly cold but extremely clear summer night. they're these girls that start singing "shining stars does any of you know "where my darling is tonight? "shining stars wandering through the sky, on the earth my darling and i." these girls were singing about the boyfriend or potential boyfriend of one of the women that started the song. and i've been looking at them and in this environment where you are really surrounded by nothing but the stars. it suddenly made so much sense and became so clear, this connection that people find with what is closest to them. and in that case it was the stars. and also this fact that there is nobody else that you can ask but the stars was somehow very poetic and in a way very symbolic of their experience of the environment. (narrator) just as music is an integral part of culture, it may be intimately linked to the natural world. and in many cases, it is perceived as a powerful bridge to the supernatural or divine. (levin) in tuva, music has always serve