The magic of Ukrainian mythology in Mavka. The Forest Song
With distribution rights in more than 80 countries and a record-breaking opening weekend in Ukraine, the animated film unveils a fantasy world rooted in the nation's folklore.
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Meet the vertep, a baroque Ukrainian Christmas tradition revived amid Russia’s war
Despite Russia's attempts to erase Ukrainian identity, a unique 18th-century Ukrainian Christmas tradition has been revived amid the war.
Saving Ukrainian culture, bard of the nation picks up a gun
"We often say about our [Ukrainian] art that we need to finally "stop crying" and create something optimistic.…
American expat reviving traditional Ukrainian art of kobzaring announces tour across Europe
Jurij Fedynskij announced his tour "Kobzaring across Europe" earlier this month on his Facebook page: "I'd like to…
Why was Ukraine’s Eurovision performance by Go_A so mesmerizing?
The sacral solar cycle Back in prehistoric times, the lives of humans revolved around the sun. Each year,…
How an American expat pulled the Ukrainian art of Kobzaring back from the brink of extinction
The world knows Taras Shevchenko well. His collection of poems, Kobzar, first published in St. Petersburg in 1840…
10 interesting facts about Ukrainian folk artist Mariya Prymachenko
Mariya Prymachenko was a self-taught artist whose popular work of the naive or primitivism genre portrayed Ukrainian folk…
The Dragon Spell, Ukraine’s 1st full-length 3D animation, reaps successful int’l box offices sales
Ukraine's first full-length 3D animation, Mykyta Kozhumiaka, which has been translated to English as Nicky Tanner and The…