Children folklore ensemble “Aschemes”: reconstruction male tradition of folk singing

The article states the fact of extinction of folk singing tradition of Circassians in the post-Soviet time, the deformation mechanism of oral inter-generational transmission of the experience of folk singing. It identifies the prospects of folklore in everyday life in a secondary form of the example of the children's folk ensemble “Aschemes”. It describes activities that promote the assimilation of tradition: the game, conversation, listening to music, singing, working with musical-acoustic instruments, learning the basics of folk dance, theatrical's songs, work on the expressive speech. The results of learning, mastering the native language by the members of the folk group, the understanding of the semantic content of the penetration of the rites, the development of creative abilities are studied. Reliance on didactic principles in training is outlined. It is recognized that the tradition of folk singing in the children's folk ensemble “Aschemes” is artificially recreated in conditions of stage and educational activities, resulting in inevitable reinterpretation.