In the hierarchy of the historical development of art one of the main places belongs to its most ancient kind of art the traditional decorative applied art (country household), which at the subsequent stages of the development has developed new versions. The traditional (country household) art of Belarus (in the majority of references defined as 'folk art') is partially attributed to the area of folklore, having direct contact with "high" and "low" culture. The traditional art originated and was created as the result of expediency, rationality, spirituality of things and their harmony with the nature and Space. The basic core of its functioning and development is traditions and collectively created images. It is necessary to underline the fact that the traditional folk art even today is not the repetition of the settled canons and samples, but rather a live and creative process closely connected with cultural history of the people, with customs, ceremonies and nature. At the present stage of development, the folk art still remains both archaic and innovative, belonging to folklore and socially organized, material and purely spiritual. But at the same time it has also common roots, uniform patrimonial signs, features of national aesthetic representations about the world. It gives the grounds to consider it as the phenomenon - synthetic, multifunctional and interconnected not only with its adjacent forms, but also with the general art culture professional art and folklore.
