Зарина Копырина

Zarina Kopyrina was born in the Siberian tundra of the Sakha Republic (aka Yakutia). She was introduced to traditional folkloric music and local Indigenous shamanic cultural practices at a young age by her grandmother and others. She studied economics at University of Yakutsk and became politically active after graduation. She has performed in festivals such as Burning Man and around the world from the Kremlin to Iceland.