When one thinks of culture, a new realm opens, with practices and understandings that cannot merely be seen from the surface. There is food, there is religion, there is a plethora of other things within culture that encourage people to band together and express their common beliefs, views, and actions. One in specific though is music. Song and dance to a culture is like bread and butter to the essential mealtime. Since the beginning of human development, there have been bards and muses, there have been oral traditions handed down from generation to generation (think of the epics).
Within the world of Panem, song and dance holds an important role in the life of the citizens, as well as those in the luxurious Capitol. There are three main songs mentioned within Suzanne Collins' trilogy, one of them being "The Hanging Tree."
How would one find the significance of this song? Think about the power of the words within, dark and bloodstained enough to paint a vivid picture of murder and suicide. This causes Katniss to essentially 'ban' the song, at least around her. This shows it holds a some sort of power over her.
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