The Fifth International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony was held at Tbilisi State Conservatory from October 4-8, 2010. The Symposium was accompanied by the series of concerts of traditional polyphony from several cultures. Full texts of the papers (in English and Georgian) were published in 2011 (The Fifth International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony. Proceedings . Edited by Tsurtsumia, Rusudan and Jordania, Joseph. International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony of Tbilisi State Conservatoire. Ministry of Culture and Monuments Protection. Tbilisi: 2011).