Note: Three women each about 40 years old. This is a 1964 field recording from the Byelgorod region, Alekseev district, village of Afanas'yevka. This song is performed with dancing as the majority of the fast wedding songs of Southern Russia.
About the session: These are dubs made from magnetic tape and celluloid discs in the Chamber of Folk Music of the Moscow Conservatory. They were originally recorded by Anna Rudyneva. "The majority of songs listed here are not performed now as a part of everyday life, i.e. are not spontaneous." –S.A. Tokaryev.
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