Dear friends! Ukrainians have a long-standing tradition of decorating their homes for Christmas. Back then, people made Didukh, cooked ‘kutia’, and carolers went from house to house with a travelling nativity scene – an original puppet theatre. Therefore, we invite children and adults to attend the Puppet Nativity Scene and workshops on Sunday, 18 December […]
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Dear friends, we are happy to invite you all to the next event of the School of Carols on Saturday, 17 December: “From Roman to Jordan” (from the day of St. Roman to the day of John the Baptist). We will talk about carols, nativity scenes, the goat, and Malanka. How they traditionally set the
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Soot, sweets, a poker (fire iron), banter and dancing… No, this is not a dictionary dictation or a collection of random words, but a brief description of how St Andrew’s Eve was celebrated in Bohuslavshchyna. When our volunteers made expeditions to the surrounding villages, they often asked residents about their leisure time. Some people
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We held our “Christmas Gatherings”, the first event of the series of educational events “School of Carols”! Authentic carols together with the famous choir “Rozkopanchanochka”, stories from expeditions on where and how we collected Christmas traditions and songs, tasting pies… We were very worried whether the people of Bohuslav would be interested in this topic.
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Find out more about the first ‘School of Carols: Christmas Gatherings’ in our report.
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Dear friends, we invite you all to the School of Carols! “School of Carols” is a series of educational events and workshops for children and adults, and is intended as part of the “Portal through the Centuries: Bohuslav Carols” project. The first event of the School of Carols will be the Christmas gatherings on Saturday,
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“…There was nothing to eat. There were no potato peelings to eat! And this poor child, I can see it now, sitting at the table, licking its fingers and crying: “Mummy, I’m starving.” That’s where it died, at that table. And where can you find anything to eat if there is no food? There
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BohuslavFM, 14.11.2022 “When carols are no longer sung, the world will come to its end,” shared these words of wisdom from 95-year-old Hanna Narizhna from Ivky. She heard it from her grandmother. The “Portal through the Centuries: Bohuslav Carols” project team, as part of the “From Ideas to Action” training course within the framework of the
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Our expedition did not finish in Deshky. After recharging our gear, we headed to Mysaylivka. The Rosynochka folklore ensemble was there to welcome us at the village club. And… a scheduled power cut welcomed us there too. But when on earth has that ever stopped us? Despite the lack of electricity, we managed to
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“It is almost impossible to reach me by phone, as if you are calling to a minister,” laughs Maria Yakivna, whom we spontaneously visited on a Sunday morning. We spent a good part of the day in Deshky. Ms Maria has lived in the village for a good part of her life. The Bohuslav
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