V INTERNATIONAL FIELD ETHNOGRAPHIC SYMPOSIUM “BAKCHA: VEGETABLE GARDENING TRADITIONS IN THE CULTURE OF THE URAL-VOLGA REGION PEOPLES”

The V International Field Ethnographic Symposium “Bakcha: Vegetable Gardening Traditions in the Culture of the Ural-Volga Region Peoples” was held on September 11–12, 2024 in Izhevsk. The symposium was interdisciplinary and was attended by specialists from various scientific fields and museum employees. The reports discussed traditional agricultural technology and innovations, history, rituals and beliefs, toponymy and folklore associated with vegetable gardening. The focus was on Soviet dachas, city vegetable gardens and balcony vegetable gardens. The symbolism of the vegetable garden was considered using linguistic, folklore sources and musical folklore as examples. Special reports were about vegetables in folk cuisine. The place of the vegetable garden and vegetable gardening in art and folk art was discussed. The topic of the study was memorial gardens, museum vegetable gardens and exhibitions about vegetable gardens. The symposium review contains information about the topics of discussions, exhibitions and reports.