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Display of the premanent exhibition "Folk Art of the Novgorodian Region"
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Works of folk art are always especially interesting as they reveal the soul of the people, outline their ideals of beauty, and vividly demonstrate peculiar local traits and habits.
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Display of the premanent exhibition "Folk Art of the Novgorodian Region"
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Folk art of the Novgorod region is fully demonstrated in the Vitoslavlitsy Museum of Wooden Architecture. The permanent exhibition is open in a two-story building of the first quarter of the 19th century erected for Countess A. Orlova-Chesmenskaya. It is very festive and expressive. Woven objects, embroidery, costumes, items made of birch-bark and tree roots, paintings and wood carvings will give the visitor a good idea of the diversity of artistic crafts of the Novgorod village. Images of Boginya-Bereginya (Goddess-Protector), of the tree of life, horses and birds of paradise, reveal the symbolic foundation and the sacral essence of folk art.
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"A Private Party." Exposition "Work and Festivals of the Novgorod Village"
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The second exhibition - "Work and Festivals of the Novgorod Village" - is devoted to popular rituals of Russian peasants. Any event, however small - the birth of a child, christening, match-making, illness and death - was accompanied by a special ritual, developed in the ancient days and consecrated by tradition