Russian folk theater. Part One. Ritual games. (1974)

Holiday "Polesskie carols" in one of the Belarusian villages; costumed dancing in the street, singing songs.

Holiday "Farewell to Winter" in one of the Lithuanian villages.

Masked mummers dance to accordion eating pancakes.

Georgian folk game show "Berikaoba."

Front of the camera are people in old clothes; mummers pushing each other in a mountain river.

Moldovan national ceremony "Malanka".

Dance, hand in hand, members of the ceremonial ritual.

Theatrical game show "Kostroma", performed by villagers Dorozhovo Bryansk region.

Participants representation (women) spin flax, weave cloth on a wooden loom, dance in a circle.

The wedding ceremony, performed villagers Afanasevka Belgorod region.

Rite crying bride in northern wedding executable villagers Karnogore Arkhangelsk region.

The ancient rite "Kostroma".

Women spin and sing.

Soloist -Kostroma winds the thread into a ball.

The performers lead a round dance.

The soloist pushes the yarn.

The soloist shows the canvas she has woven.

Kostroma drinks a glass and pours a neighbor.

Kostroma lay down on the grass, got sick.

A healer is brought to the sick woman.

The healer "treats" Kostroma.

A priest is brought to Kostroma.

The priest confesses her and communicates.

All the participants sing and dance.

On the road there is a cart on which two balalaika are sitting.

An ancient Central Russian wedding ceremony.

The bride's farewell to the maiden will and the parental home.

Representatives of the groom come to the bride's house.

The bride's parents drink a glass.

The boys are watching the colorful ceremony from behind the fence.

The bride is taken away from her parents' house.

The groom's mother will sweep the road.

The groom's parents meet their son with the bride..

Waving a talisman and fire.

The ransom of the dowry chest.

The dowry chest is opened.

Wedding table.

Everyone is dancing and singing.

NORTHERN WEDDING.

The bride is sitting among her friends.

The bride wails and apologizes to her friends.

The bride's crying.

Girlfriends sing a sad song.

The bride has a red ribbon woven out of her braid.

The bride is wailing on the shoulder of one of her girlfriends.

The icon of St.

Nicholas the Wonderworker in the red corner.

The bride is unwound a braid.