Music and Time Annotation << Back Cycle of Birth and Christening Songs in Russian-Belarusian Borderlands E. Kiseleva The paper deals with the cycle of songs which functions in the context of birth and christening ceremonies in Russian-Belarusian borderlands. The characteristics of this complex are examined and the dynamics of the folklore element’s development in the ritual context is shown. The main three stages of Christening Feast (beginning, culmination and conclusion) demonstrate their functional heterogeneity related to the use of various artistic means of expression in entity ritual sound. Key words: folklore, birth and christening songs, Russian-Belarusian borderlands E-mail: helenos@list.ru Pp. 28-31