Hajda Banda / Гайда Банда

Hajda Banda / Гайда Банда is a Belarusian–Polish band turning the raw dance music of the Polish–Belarusian–Ukrainian borderlands into a living, breathing celebration. Drawing on traditions from Podlasie, western Belarus and the marshlands of Polesye, the band plays exclusively on acoustic village instruments — fiddle, hammered dulcimer, three-row Polish accordion and frame drum — and makes them hit with unmistakable force. Rooted in the sound world of the Białowieża Forest and its wetlands, Hajda Banda rework rural dance music with their own bold ideas and collective energy.