The Christmas Rite of ‘Ščadrec’ (Bountiful Night) takes place on the 13th of January, which is Bahataja Kuccia (Orthodox New Year’s Eve), and is a distinctive demonstration of the local cultural tradition of Roh Village. This rite is one of New Year’s walking greeting rites, practiced mainly on the territory of Belarusian Palessie (the southern part of Belarus). Ščadravannie (the rite of going door to door to sing carols, which is paid back by ...
The singing style of Turaŭ Mižrečča (area between the Prypiać and the Scviha Rivers) is represented by the songs performed in the Agro-Town of Ryčoŭ, which have been traditionally passed on from generation to generation by the local people for decades. The singing tradition is developing in an organic natural environment, so the performance of the songs in the open space — in the streets, fields, at noisy celebrations — explaines the characteristic loud ...
