Ethnocultural Practices in the Training of Future Leaders of Folk Singing Group

Abstract

The declining in the role of ethno-cultural practices in the social and family life of the ethnic groups of Russia, which launched the process of deformation of the ethno-cultural identity of the younger generation and the system of ethno-cultural values, can be compensated by the viable forms of ethno-cultural educational practices. Broadcasting of the folklore genres, which are organically included in the various forms of ethnocultural practices, and at the same time, being the subject area of study in the system of modern folk singing education, contributes not only to the preservation of the traditions of the intangible cultural heritage of the ethnic group, but also to the formation of the personality of the leader of the group with stable ethno-cultural identity, which determines the relevance of the work. The authors are presenting a complex of the ethno-cultural educational practices identified and systematized as a result of the study, and the main pedagogical conditions for their implementation. A proven system of research, artistic, creative, educational, methodological and leisure ethnocultural educational practices revealed, aiming at organizing the professional competencies of the future leader of a folk singing group, contributing to the transfer of ethnocultural knowledge and the succession of the folklore performing skills.