Savaryn T. Lemkiv wedding ritual songs in the interethnical context.

The object is Lemkiv, Polish, Slovakian wedding ritual songs having been put on paper since the beginning of the XIX century. The aim is to reveal and to analyse local Lemkiv wedding folklore peculiarities, to elucidate the processes of its close interaction with Slovaks and Poles wedding songs ritualism. The methods: comparative approach, textological analysis. The Results: the thesis is the systematic analysis of Lemkiv wedding ritual songs tradition, the attempt to make a comparative approach to its understanding. Its characteristic peculiarities have been elucidated. The investigation will contribute to the further may be used in the folklore systematic course.