importance; unmarried women wore tukhya, a pointed cap embroidered with beads; married women wore khusha made from many silver coins; such a dowry began to be collected from birth girls before her wedding, and often it weighed up to 16 kg. i'm just a very wealthy chuvash. my people were called the people in silver robes. after the birth of her first child, a woman was even obliged to wear all this not only to the fair, to the bazaar or to visit, but every day, because firstly, silver protected, and secondly, it showed status. chuvaashaya is called the country of 100,000 songs, so each musical instrument has its own meaning, this wedding drum was carried by four people, its beat announced the impending celebration, kiki vorgana, the shaman's tambourine and korlov singing scared away not only evil spirits, but also the enemy. by the way, despite the lack of musical education, our film crew became part of the chuvash orchestra, it was created spontaneously, literally in 10 minutes, my task was to be able to clearly beat the rhythm of the overdubs , and judging by the result, i coped with th