Article

Name: Folk traditions of the village of Kolbasa: folk calendar major stages (according to Eva Ivanovna Pavlyukova’s memories)

Authors: T. V. Dayneko

In the section Историческая память в фольклоре

Abstract: The paper contains a part of materials collected by the author in Kolbasa village (Kyshtovsky district of Novosibirsk region) during the folklore-ethnographic expedition in 2016. Kolbasa village was founded at the end of 19th century by peasants settlering from Byelarussia and has been considered monoethnic for a long time. The Byelorussian folk tradition in the village is still full of life. The paper presents the transcription of the interview with one of the Byelorussian settlers descendants – Eva Ivanovna Pavlyukova where she discovers the peculiarities of Kolbasa village calendar rituals. The article publishes the information about such feasts as Christmas, New Year, Epiphany, Maslenitsa, Easter, Radonitsa and other. The author publishes texts of some songs performed by E. I. Pavlyukova. The transcription and publication of the performer’s recital retains her individual lexicon and specific accent. The aim of the article is to introduce new materials on folklore of Belarusian migrants to Siberia for scientific use.

Keywords: folklore of Siberian Byelorussian settlers, calendar rituals and songs of Siberian Byelorussian settlers, fieldwork materials, field folklore study

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