Russian Folklore Expedition

[Yelena]

Dear colleagues,

We are delighted to inform you that musical part of Russian Folklore Expedition project (www.russianexpedition.net) - Singing Russia - is included in Earthwatch Institute programme - http://www.earthwatch.org/expeditions/kabanov.html for 2005 expedition season. Expeditions will take place in Cossack Don area, Smolensk and Bryansk provinces
We will be happy to see among our team members those who are interested in Russian folk culture, folk music and dialectology. We will document such rituals as Maslenitsa, Easter (Paskha), Trinity (Troitsa), etc. One of the expedition will coincide with celebration of 100 anniversary of Mikhail Sholokhov in stanitsa Veshinskaya. Thank you for your attention.

With best wishes, sincerely yours
Dr. Yelena Minyonok
Institute of World Literature
Folklore Department
Russia, 121069, Moscow, Povarskaya, 25a
www.russianexpedition.net
e-mail: vsem at cityline.ru

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