Dear friends! We invite you to attend the Power of My Ancestry charity event on Saturday, 16 July, from 11 am to 4 pm.
Our ancestors, our family, and our land give us the strength to fight for Victory. The charity event “The Strength of My Ancestry” is an opportunity to go back in time, to learn more about our land, traditions, folk crafts, customs, cuisine, and the people who lived in the Bohuslav region.
You are welcome to come with the whole family. Embroidered shirts are welcome. Let’s unite for victory! The funds raised will go to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
When?
16 July 2022
11 am to 4 pm
Where?
The lawn beyond the playground near Yaroslav the Wise Square, in the centre of Bohuslav city.
Organised by Bohuslav Volunteer Headquarters in cooperation with the Museum of the History of Bohuslav Region, with the support of the Bohuslav City Council.
PROGRAMME:
- Charity “Fair of Kindness”: a sale of unique handmade souvenirs, books from volunteers and partners, fragrant lavender bouquets, as well as old cuisine based on the works of Ivan Nechuy-Levytskyi (kulish, poppy seeds, buns, dumplings, bagels) and the now-famous “volunteer” pies from the Bohuslav Higher Vocational School.
- “Unforgotten Faces”: a project of the Museum of the History of Bohuslav Region. Vintage photos of families from our region from the museum archive. Special photo booths. We are discovering the history of Bohuslav district through the family stories of its residents.
Please bring old family photographs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, share family legends, and the museum will carry out research: identify who exactly is depicted in the photo and what was the context. Join the local history project.
- Interactive fairy tale “Tweedledum-Tweedledee” by volunteer Tetiana Ovchar. Bread is a mascot, a shrine. Learn how bread was baked in ancient times.
- Ethnic fashion show by Bohuslav folk weavers Olena Popova (“Woven Dreams”) and Valentyna Mashchenko.
- Ethnographic curiosities from the Myronivka Museum of Local Lore.
- Workshops on weaving, ancient Dybynets painting, pottery, beadwork, drawing, motanka doll making, ancient folk children’s games, board games from “Fantasy Day”, gingerbread painting by Iryna Nakorenko, a wreath weaving masterclass, exquisite natural photo zones by Yulia Tsisarenko, and a music workshop by the “Pravdyvi Bubny” (The True Tambourines) ethnic group from Kydanivka. Everyone is welcome to try their skills at playing various instruments: tambourines, drymba, didgeridoo and others.
The charity event is held in compliance with safety regulations.
Children should be accompanied by adults only.
Parents or guardians are fully responsible for children.
When the air raid alert is activated, you must go to a shelter. The nearest shelters are located in the buildings of “Ukrposhta” and the House of Consumer Affairs.
We welcome families – children with their parents and grandparents – to attend the event “The Power of My Ancestry!”
The event was organised by the Museum of the History of Bohuslav Region, IDPs in the service sector, the Myronivka Museum of Local Lore, as well as folk artists and amateurs:
– woven clothes “Woven Dreams” – Olena Popova, Honoured Master of Folk Art and member of the National Union of Masters of Folk Art of Ukraine and member of the National Union of Masters of Folk Art of Ukraine;
– woven clothes – Valentyna Mashchenko, member of the National Union of Masters of Folk Art of Ukraine;
– potters, master – Serhii Todorchuk and Yaroslava Spasionova, pottery teacher at the Bohuslav School of Arts, members of the National Union of Masters of Folk Art of Ukraine.
– artist Tetiana Tarasenko – Dybynets painting;
– master Iryna Nakorenko – gingerbread decorating;
– Svitlana – a master class on motanka dolls;
– artists Olena and Nataliia Kyrychenko;
– weaving master Liliia Tykhonenko;
– Zamnius Kateryna – hand embroidery;
– Victoria Derkachenko – gingerbreads;
– Kysylenko Svitlana – beadwork;
– Tetiana Shapran – beadwork;
– Liudmyla Shevchenko – rock crystal products;
– Tetiana Sydorenko – textile dolls;
– artist Nataliia Shevchenko;
– blacksmith Roman Voloshenko;
– master Halyna Nechyporenko;
– craftswoman Liudmyla Yermakova.
The fair will feature original rugs by Mariia Vovkula, a member of the National Union of Masters of Folk Art of Ukraine.
Media support: Boguslav-FM, TVBoguslav.
