Dynamics of Development of Folklore Festivals in Volyn in the Late 20th Century. Features of Formation

Abstract

The paper addresses the problems of Volyn festival movement. The aim of this study is to consider the specifics of Volyn folklore festivals “Berehynia” and “Polissia Summer With Folklore” as prominent international projects. The research included collecting information from various sources (books, magazine and newspaper articles, interviews with organizers and participants, observations), analytical processing of this information, description of important facts, comparison of festivals by project size, age and social status of the audience, festival goal and scope, frequency, as well as social, demographic, geographical, professional status of their participants, conceptual differences and features, place and nature of events, ways to present projects to the general public and others. As a result, it was concluded that “Berehynia” is a festival of a classical mode while “Polissia Summer With Folklore” is a festival of a non-classical mode.