Songs, dresses and expeditions. Tyumen people study Russian folklore
Tyumenka Yaroslav Melnikova works in the regional house of ethnography and folklore. She began to be interested in Russian culture as a child – she sang in a folklore park, then later she did it as a student and as an adult. Already by the end of the school, which was with the study of Russian culture, she realized that she wanted to connect with this life.
Yaroslava has been participating in ethnographic expeditions since 2013. There are already plans for this one.
“Within the framework of the Voices of Our Ancestors project, we were in different villages and villages, communicated with the bearers of culture. Very often they are grateful to us, take our hand and say: “Let my song sound again, save it,” Yaroslava shared. — This year we want to return the songs to the place where they came from. We sing local material: Sweet songs in this area, Iset songs in another. We want to show that this is relevant.”
Ekaterina Makarova evaluate Russian dresses. Information is taken from expeditions, to the fund of the Tyumen and Tobolsk museums and from individual collectors. “If I know that somewhere you can touch a thing with your own hands, learn how it is made, I break down and go,” she told Vsluh.ru.
Ekaterina not only measures clothes, but also creates them. He says many customers
Large semi-antique dresses – with the appearance of even a photograph. But the clothes are a little
modernize – for example, they represent or use a different fabric.
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