Where does a traditional song come from?
From a belly, from a pelvis, from a forest, from the soil.
And if song is a vessel, what does it carry within?

We investigate the origin of songs in the life of people from Eastern European villages.
We try to encode who and what inhabits the voices of women there.

We weave a story around female voices, their songs, and the environments they are living in and the essential purpose of singing. We research in the frames of our own practice of so-called white-signing or shout-singing and ask: how can traditional songs be replanted into the contemporary world and keep growing for the next generations?

In this episode you will find the original recordings from Polish and Ukrainian female singers of diverse ages, stories, poems, quotes and a simple practice to build a connection with your own voice.

Edit: Ola Zielińska