The singing tradition of performing baptismal and wedding song ceremonies is a centuries old practice of performing songs in the village of Paršyna. The songs go beyond the "sounding” practiced in the region and are characteristic of Padniaproǔje, the ethnographic region in the north-eastern of Belarus along the Dniepr river and the area along the border with Russia. Their manner of performing is vibrant and original, with elements of archaic sounding, which has been ...