The rooster sings for three regions... Folk tradition of the Belarusian-Russian border

The book is dedicated to the folklore tradition of the territory of the Belarusian-Russian ethnocultural and language borderlands. Materials recorded during the expeditions of 2013-2019 are published. in the Veligsky district of the Smolensk region, Zlynkovsky district of the Bryansk region, the Sebezhsky district of the Pskov region, as well as in the Cherykovsky and Krichevsky districts of the Mogilev region. and the Russian district of the Vitebsk region. The Republic of Belarus. For centuries, this territory has been a zone of interethnic, interfaith and interregional interaction, which contributed to the formation of the special identity of local residents. On the one hand, they feel the borders by people, and the border is constantly present in their minds, on the other hand, partly of the ethnic and religious community, which is not always easy to determine for them, the most frequent self -reply is Tyansha. This situation is clearly reflected in folklore, mythology, rituals. The book includes legends, stereotypical descriptions of representatives of other ethnic groups and faiths, calendar texts, therapeutic conspiracies, descriptions of calendar and therapeutic rites, etc. All texts are published for the first time.
The texts are equipped with an extensive reference apparatus.
compilers: A.B. Moroz, A.B. Esenova, I.S. Dmitrievskaya, S.P. Selchenkova