Australian citizen Elizabeth Gordon (R) smiles while her friend Sean Quirk gets water from an artesian chink in front of his yurt in the Kyzyl town, the administrative centre of Russia's Tuva region, some 800 km (497 miles) south of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, September 12, 2011. Elizabeth from the state of Queensland, Australia, arrived in the Siberian region of Tuva in April, 2010 to study the Russian and Tuvan languages, the culture, traditions and music of the Tuvans, one of the native peoples of Siberia. The enthusiast, who studied music in the University of Queensland and is now a post-graduate student of the Australian National University in Canberra, is especially interested in studying the unique female Tuvan throat singing. Sean Quirk, Milwokee, Wisconsin, US, named a Merited Artist of Tuva for his work on behalf of Tuvan music and culture in 2008, moved from the United States to Russia as was inspired by Tuvan throat singing. Picture taken September 12, 2011. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION EDUCATION)