BELARUSIAN FOLKLORE
с of the Bashkortostan republic has variety of genres: fairy tales, legends, lore, historical short stories, bylichkas, songs, aphoristic genres. Belarusian fairytales (household, magic, f. about animals) and songs appeared in the territory of Bash kortostan mostly as a result of the immigration of Belarusians from Mogilyevskaya, Viteb skaya, Minskaya regions. They added to their folklore fairytales with new plots and images in Bashkortostan (“Ungrateful rich man”, “How an old man payed a visit”, “Smal Anka”). Oral poetic B.f. is dedicated to events connected with the history of migration, foundation of settlements on Bashkir lands, relationships with other peoples. Legends, lore and historical short stories reflect tragic events: wars, forced liquidation of khutor farms, dekulakization, eviction into international settlements, repres sions. Considering calendarceremonial folk lore, the most popular genres up to 20th c. were kolyadkas, shchedrovkas, vesnyankas, songs for Ivan Kupala holiday. Weddingceremonial folklore preserved givinganame and jokesongs. Nonceremonial folklore songs are about family and household, jokes, love, satire. They also include widow’s songs, ballads, “cruel” romance. A result of interaction with Russians and Ukrainians was the formation of a common layer of song culture in the territory of Bash kortostan (“Podrugi, vy, podrugi”, “Katya pastushka”, “Oy, khmelyu, khmely”, “Pro kamara”, etc.) “Cruel” romance and chastushkas are usually sung in Russian with use of Belarusian words.
The samples of B.f. were registered in the 2nd part of the 19th c. by R.G. Ignatyev. In the 1960’s Belarusian folklore fairytales and oral poetic folklore were collected by L.G. Barag. In the 1970’s Belarusian fairytales were registered by V.V. Shmakov, BSU graduate. In the 1990’s Belarusian songs were studied together with Russian and Ukrainian by L.I. Bryantseva. In the 2000’s B.f. songs were collected and studied by F.G. Galieva. Ethnic Belarusian traditions are reflected in the art of Belarusian song ensembles, such as “Syabry” and “Zhauronochki” (children) supported by Belarusian historical and cultural center.
F.G. Galieva
