Folklore group "Rodyna". Hej, Rozhestvo! Schedryj vechor! (Hey, Christmas! Christmas Eve!)

All participants of the "Rodyna" ensemble come from different villages of Volhyn and Polisya. So, it is quite natural that the repertoire of the group is based on materials collected by expeditions in various regions of Volhyn. Thus, you have an opportunity to hear Volhyn winter ceremonial songs – and they are performed virtually without additional arrangement. However, this disk will be also interesting for just everyone who wants to listen to Ukrainian Christmas songs. Christmas is such holiday that requires cleanliness and internal joy. Not that it requires, but otherwise it just becomes impossible, turns into a farce. Well, and to create the corresponding celebratory atmosphere, there is nothing better than special songs. Those that are already hundreds of years old. One can, sure, also throw into the common pot jazz, and disco, and everything in general, everything. But without these oldest songs, it seems to me, the holiday will not really be real. Maybe, there won’t be a lot of them – but let them necessarily sound on the days of holiday and joy. You will feel then how everything around becomes transparent, as the holiday starts nowhere but in your heart. And then Christmas actually happens.