On 2 March, the “Amital on Pushkinskaya” bookshop hosted a presentation of the book “Traditional Costume of the Voronezh Region” prepared by Tatyana Pukhova, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Philology, Head of the Folk Culture Laboratory named after. S.G. Lazutin and E.G. Matveeva, the People's Craftsperson of the Voronezh Region, creator of the “Voronezh matryoshka doll”.
The authors summarised the many years of expedition work of VSU students in the villages of the Voronezh Region conducted between 1994 and 2017. The book contains a description of the unique collection of Voronezh folk costume stored in the Ethnographic Museum of Voronezh State University. More than 700 exhibits presented at the museum (folk costumes, household items, folk toys) were collected during folklore expeditions of students and lecturers of the VSU Faculty of Philology conducted in the villages of the Voronezh Region from the 1990s to the present time.
Among the illustrations are photographs from regional local history museums, rural corners and peasant rooms, as well as photos of folklore music group members taken during folklore festivals.
The book is intended for folklore and ethnography specialists, teachers and students of philological, historical, and ethnomusicological faculties, cultural workers, leaders of folk music groups, students and teachers of children’s art schools, and admirers of Russian folklore, ethnography, and folk arts and crafts.
Photo by: Faculty of Philology of VSU
