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Performance “Stolen Voice”, new charackter

Posted on July 2nd, 2014 by jsurba.
Categories: design, ethnic jewellery, fashion, foto, Julia Surba, Kuzhebar Design, mythology, performance.

Middle sister (Moon) , the charackter for the new performance "Stolen Voice" @Julia Surba & Kuzhebar Design

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Our new performance – "Stolen Voice" is in production

Posted on June 15th, 2014 by jsurba.
Categories: Ancient Kuzhebar, design, fashion, foto, Julia Surba, Kuzhebar Design, mythology, performance.

Older sister (Sun), the charackter for the new performance "Stolen Voice" @Julia Surba & Kuzhebar Design based on the kuzhebarian tale “Yysh- Aa and Sky Sisters”.

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Traditional mask from Sri Lanka designed by Julia Surba

Posted on April 29th, 2014 by jsurba.
Categories: design, foto, Julia Surba, mythology, performance.

the mask is thought to be used for the new performance

traditional master on work

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The Birth of Kuzhebar on video

Posted on October 1st, 2013 by jsurba.
Categories: Ancient Kuzhebar, design, fashion, festivals, Julia Surba, Kuzhebar Design, mythology, Nadishana, performance, video.

"The Birth of Kuzhebar" – performance with shadow theater elements.
The world creation story according to mythology of Ancient Kuzhebar.
Yagdyn Staroi – the God-creator played on his magic flute and with the power of the sound has created Kuzhebar: Upper World – presented by White Speachless Godness and White Shaman Aolu, Underworld: presented by two spirits called Ghukh and Middle World: presented by two musicians and two sorceresses.

Idea & Costumes: Julia Surba
Art & Stage direction:
Julia Surba & Natalia Shostina (Synthesism Theater Mimikria)
Music:
Vladiswar Nadishana "CaeRo", "Pruzhingum" (www.nadishana.com)
Steve Shehan "Cardinal Points"(www.steveshehan.com)
Huun-Huur-Tu&Bulgarian Voices "Lonely Bird"
Gevorg Dabagian "Es Giher Lusnak Gisher"
Characters
White Shaman Aolu: Marat Kuchukbaev
White Speachless Godness: Anna Smirnova
Ghosts: Leila Mamedova & Elena Volegova
Shukhur-Sorceresses: Natalia Mikhailova, Olga Satchko
Musicians: Vladiswar Nadishana & Philipp Zakharyev
Filming: Irina Pyzhyanova, Andrey Mikhailov, Olga Malceva
Editing: Vladiswar Nadishana, Julia Surba

Live at KAMWA festival
Art Club "Ural" 07.09.2013 Perm, Russia

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“Birth of Kuzhebar” on KAMWA moda 2013

Posted on September 19th, 2013 by jsurba.
Categories: Ancient Kuzhebar, design, ethnic jewellery, fashion, festivals, foto, Julia Surba, mythology, performance.

Just came back from unique futuristic festival KAMWA 2013 placed in Perm. Big big thanks to everyone who was the part of this great happening especially to the art director of the festival Natalia Shostina and the amazing festival team!

photos by : Vitaly Koksharov, Maxim Kimmerling,Olga Malceva, Natalia Shostina

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Lukwasisiga – pendant, KUAAMU project

Posted on September 3rd, 2013 by jsurba.
Categories: Julia Surba, kuaamu-amulets, Kuzhebar Design, mythology, tribal jewelry.

KUAAMU-pendant "Lukwasisiga", Kuzhebar Design 2013, size:15,5сm х 11,5 сm, weight: 70 gr
dried fruits and seeds from Amazonia, polimer clay, painting, metal hand made beads from Ethiopia

if you look carefully, you will see a two-headed Lukwasisiga by holding the Lifeseed.
One of the legends of Troberian Islands says that exactly Lukwasisiga a mysterious creature l brought life on the Earth through a whole in it.

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Shaman Drum “Master of Animals”

Posted on April 30th, 2013 by jsurba.
Categories: design, drums, foto, Henna Art, Julia Surba, Kuzhebar, Kuzhebar Design, music instruments, mythology.

Shaman drum "Master of Animals", diameter 44 cm, deer skin
Henna Art: Julia Surba
Tunable shaman drum: David & Roman Drums

you can order instruments with our design in
our shop for rare ethnic musical instruments

Master of Animals is one of the nature-deities in mythology of Ancient Kuzhebar. He has no particular look, his shape is changeable and variable. He could appear as a spirit with many faces, as an animal, as a human or just invisible. He is able to have any animals’ form he wants. Master of Animals knows and influences life and death of all animal beings, he protects and heals them, and can change their fate. If it happens that a human brings help to an animal folk, in acknowledgement of that Master of Animals can accept such a human as his pupil and can teach his pupil the animals’ language and the ability to have an animal shape.