Goryń was formed in 2008 by members of the Students' Ethnographic Association. The group has a diverse knowledge of music and had performed more than 20 times as of late 2014.[1]
While touring rural parts of Belarus, Goryń chose to perform without arrangements and incorporated specific features of regional dialect and singing styles in their performances. Their repertoire consists of songs from the Paleśsie region as well as from Central and Northern Belarus. The group attempts to preserve traditional culture in various urban environments, through the revival of regional festivals.[2]
Origin of the group's name
The word goryń was used in Belarus at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries to describe the red cotton embroidery threads often sold by Jews and Gypsies in Belarusian villages. The word comes from the German garn, which means "yarn".[1]
The word "goryń", "garyna" or "gorynka" is still used in some parts of Belarus and the red woven threads have become symbolic and meaningful in national Belarusian costume alongside its musical associations.[2]
Discography
Da padaj, Boža, klučy... (2012)
Da padaj, Boža, klučy. 2012
Songs of a spring cycle. A Candlemas song starts the album. There are also songs dedicated to Hukańnie viasny, Easter, Jurja, and Rusalle, along with other songs related to the spring season.[3]
