Фольклор белорусов Сибири и Дальнего Востока. Ч. 1: Семейно-обрядовые песни и причитания. - 2011. (Т. 31.)

Separate sections contain songs that accompany activities involving specially baked ritual bread called «karavai», orphan songs performed by an orphan bride (or, more rarely, by an orphan groom), as well as «scol­ ding» songs (koriVnye pesni, from ko rif, ‘to scold’), which groups of the bride and groom’s relatives playfully exchange during various parts of the weeding celebration. The volume’s second section, «Baptismal songs», contains 31 examples (14 with musical scores). These songs accompany ritual actions and the celebratory meal held after the baptism of a newborn. The repertoire of baptismal songs includes laudatory songs to the child sung by the mother and father, laudatory and (playfully) scolding songs sung to the midwife, godfather, godmother and other participants in the meal, as well as «con­ versational» (lyrical) songs. The third section, «Funeral laments» contains nine examples (four with musical scores), which are arranged according to the person to which they are addressed: several are sung in honor of a mother, while a few lament the passing of a father, husband, or brother. Published as a supplement to the third section are materials on funeral rituals with the texts of laments (23 examples — Appendixe II). These were prepared by E.P. Malakhova and reflect the modern occurrence of traditional ritual in local family tradi­ tions in the village of Solovyevka in Omsk Province. Appendixe I contains description of wedding ritual recorded in 1939 in the village Kamenka (in the Primorski Territory), which contains the lyrics of 40 wedding songs. Appendixe III presents 20 lullabies, which Byelorussian folklore tradition typically includes in the family cycle. The lullabies of Byelorussians in Si­ beria demonstrate how traditional Byelorussian forms are being eroded and replaced by acquired Russian versions of the genre. Notes to the published texts contain information about the place, time, and authorship of the recording, about the performers and circumstances in which the songs or chants were performed during the ritual. The notes mention Siberian variants of each published text, as well as provide an analysis of variants discovered in Byelorussian sources. Some of the Byelorus­ sian variants are published here in partial or full form in order to de­ monstrate their topical and linguistic similarity with Siberian examples or their variants. The volume’s scholarly contribution also includes the article by N.V. Leonova entitled «Information about the texts and principles of their publication»; indexes of performers, collectors and recording locations; a glossary of Byelorussian words and archaisms unlikely to be familiar to