FEATURES OF EXISTENCE OF SONGS FOLKLORE ESTONIAN, GERMAN AND RUSSIAN INHABITANTS OF SHIPUNOVSKY AREA ON STEPPE ALTAI (ON MATERIALS OF EXPEDITIONS 2005-2009)
Songs national traditions of inhabitants Shipunovsky area of Altay Territory are rich and unique by that were formed as a result of merge of several waves of resettlements. In the publication on the basis of materials of ethnographic expeditions 2005-2009 years are opened questions of interaction among themselves of three branches of cultures - Estonian, German, Russian, the analysis of languages for songs is made, the characteristic of song folklore (manner of execution, structure of a melody, rhythmic figures and other) is given. The authors allocate four basic directions which have been usual as a result of integration songs traditions of these groups resettlements: Estonian, Estonian-Russian, German, Russian.