Festival "Century connecting thread":
boring folklore in a show format

October 1, 2016 in Moscow will host the Festival of musical groups of the older generation "Century connecting thread." The show will take place on the stage of the Moscow Provincial Theater and will be timed to coincide with the International Day of Older Persons, established by the UN.

250 participants of the festival - choirs and ensembles from Russia, the CIS, Eastern Europe - prepared a colorful show program based on folk songs and ceremonies, which is designed to debunk the myth that folklore is boring.

Udmurt ensemble Bird cherry flowers

Guests of the event will have a chance to appreciate the beauty and talents of older artists, take a fresh look at grandparents, an example of which defeats stereotypes about adulthood. These are active and creative people, they are busy with what they love, learn new skills and are an example to follow, a source of life experience and genuine optimism.

The festival reformatted the folk song genre, made it interesting for new generations: bright, spectacular and understandable. At the same time, the color and deep meaning of folklore and ritual traditions, which have more in common with modernity than is commonly believed, is preserved. Viewers will be able to find ironic parallels with reality in the songs “I didn’t think to get burned today” or the ditties “Siberian Matanya”, they are performed in a circular dance, which is a prototype of the modern “battle”.

Bulgarian ensemble

The festival will feature songs that do not exist in the recording. They were passed from mouth to mouth by specific regions, regions and countries. During the performances, the artists will also demonstrate unique pieces of jewelry and details of costumes, which are 200-250 years old.

The concert program includes folk and original songs of the Moscow, Tver and Kursk regions, the Republic of Tatarstan, Mordovia, the Udmurt Republic, as well as Serbian and Bulgarian folk songs, Siberian chatterboxes, ritual and temple songs, Cossack tunes, a potpourri of Mordovian songs. Many compositions are performed acapelo. The show numbers of the participants are supplemented by folk musical instruments and dances.

Ensemble Bayan Mordovia

Within the framework of the festival, an Exhibition of Culture and Folk Art of Nationalities will also be held, prize drawings for guests and spectators will be organized. In addition, a discussion part in a public talk format is planned at the round table “Preservation of spiritual values and folk traditions - the basis of mutual understanding and stability in a multinational state’.

Special guests at the event will be Yelena Bibikova, member of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy, Svetlana Smirnova, Permanent Representative of the Head of the Udmurt Republic to the President of the Russian Federation, and Slavish Bozhinovich, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Region, Maydanpek (Serbia). The festival will be opened by President of the International Public Fund for the Protection of Human Dignity and Security, pilot-cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Viktor Gorbatko.

Commented by the President of the Association of Supporting Pensioners, Veterans and Disabled Organizations, Chairman of the Board of the Moscow Regional Public Charitable Organization “Union of Pensioners of the Moscow Region” Valery Rodionov: “Today, folklore traditions are gaining a new interpretation and understanding. Young people begin to realize that “grandmother’s songs” are not just couplets from childhood, it is a repository of generational experience that has always been transmitted from person to person and has not been recorded anywhere. The festival provides an opportunity to touch the mystery of a folk song and get invaluable experience from the lips of talented representatives of an older age. ”

The organizer is the International Public Fund for the Protection of Human Dignity and Security with the support of the Moscow regional public organization “Union of Pensioners of the Moscow Region”, the Association for Support of Pensioners, Veterans and the Disabled, with the assistance of the All-Russian public organization “Union of Pensioners of Russia”.

On International Day of Older Persons, over 1000 senior citizens of Moscow and the Moscow Region will become honored guests-spectators of the holiday.

Location:

Moscow Provincial Theater, ul. Volgogradsky Prospekt, 121.

The program of the festival "Century of the connecting thread":

11:00 - opening of the Festival
11:30 - press approach
12:00 - the beginning of the concert program of the Festival
15:45 - closing ceremony of the Festival