The article considers a calendar-song tradition of Middle Shchara – an ethnocultural area, located at the crossborder region of the Western and Central Polesye, Belarusian Ponemon’e and Central Belarus. Ethnomusicological field research recordings of the Belarusian State Academy of Music to Lyahovichskij (1982 – headed by V. Soltan, 1993 – headed by L. Kostyukovets), Ivatsevichi (2004 – head by T. Berkowitz), Baranovichi (2015 – headed by L. Barankiewicz) districts, Brest region, were mainly used for typological research. The correspondence were found in the winter repertoire of Middle Shchara between the existence of the old Kaliada tunes as well as clearly defined Kaliada game type “Goat” tunes. Notably children's round dance-games are used as Kaliada (Christmas) and Spring games. Valachobny tunes were used not only as a part of Vyalikdzien (Easter) greetings but also as general Spring and St. George's tunes. The existence of special “Yurovy” (St. George?s Day) round dance tune were discovered in the Middle Shchara locus. The special unique performing manner of local midsummer (Kupala) tunes were elaborated. The notable tinge of style of this region are Stippling fixations and variety of reaping tunes with interweaving manifestations song styles of Polesye and Ponemon’e. The Middle Shchara autumn repertoire, is elaborated as of notable accordance to the time of harvesting of flax songs of love or family domestic subjects. Peculiarities of the calendar-song tradition of Middle Shchara described as pertaining of the ethnoregional borderland, which is manifested in combination of attributes not only of Polesye (Western, Central and even the East) and Ponemon’e, but also the Central Belarusian song areals.
Round-dance neighbour designs from terraces
