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Folk club «Varhan»

Folk club «Varhan»
The folk club «Varhan» was created at the Faculty of History and Philology of Polotsk State University in 2011. The club offers all styles of the Belarusian traditional music including kaliady (annual celebration song commemorating the birth of Jesus), family and ceremony, lyrical songs. «Varhan» travels all across Belarus. The Belarusian Padzvinnie song material, having obtained during the ethnographic research, takes a special place in the folk club performance.
«Varhan» participates in numerous social and cultural events at Polotsk State University. It has become a tradition to celebrate «Maslenica» (also known as Pancake Week or Butter Week) and «Hukannie viasny» (Belarusian spring welcoming tradition).
«Varhan» actively collaborates with Museum of Traditional Manual Weaving of Paazerye (Polotsk National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve) and annually presents their performances there.
Nowadays the folk club «Varhan» provides unique and creative perfor-mances devoted to Belarusian traditional culture. The club members from the Department of Humanities hold daily rehearsals and masterclasses. Besides, some outrageous national and international bands are invited too.
We welcome everyone wishing to master Belarusian singing and dancing:
  • Signing lessons, every Thursday at 5 pm, Room 310 (A), Polotsk State University (Polotsk)
  • Traditional dancing lessons, every Saturday, Disco room (sports building), Polotsk State University (Polotsk)
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«Kaliady» at Polotsk State University
Emeljanchyk Volha
Emeljanchyk Volha
Supervisor,
Associate Professor at the Department of History and Social-Humanitarian Science
Website: https://vk.com/hurt_varhan
Address: 4 Streletskaya Street
211400, Polotsk
Vitebsk Region, Republic of Belarus