Is it possible for modern bands to show real Gypsy folklore?
In former days new members came to performing bands directly from nomadic groups. Boys and girls who grew up in tents brought their unique folk traditions to the stage. Raya Udovikova and Roza Djelakayeva had danced at marketplaces for coins before they became famous artistes. However, in 1956 the then Soviet government banned the nomadic way of life. A lot has been written about the positive results of this decree; but it ravaged Gypsy culture. When the USSR government made the Gypsies settle down, the environment in which folklore traditions were conserved was destroyed. During the first decades after the decree the worst consequences could hardly be seen, yet when people from the old school left the stage, the first signs of a crisis appeared. Step by step the bands became more and more civilized; young people from cities gravitated to the glitter of pop-culture. Inevitably this leads to the loss of interest from the audience. Is there a way out? Svenko has found it in ethnographic
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