Toorama is a folk group founded in 1990 in Saransk, Mordovia. They collect, study and perform traditional mordovian (a.k.a. mordvin) songs. Created by four researchers of Mordvin language and traditions across the USSR, Toorama was originally a choir of nine men. Eventually, Vladimir Romashkin, a researcher and documentary film maker, emerged as the group's front man. Eager to communicate in Russian and Erzya with audience, he made extensive introductions into every song and dance tune, traditions and rituals of Mordvin peoples, that became integral parts of each performance.

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