Latest episodes
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16 min
Hutsul language or dialect: researchers explain
his is what Halyna Grechuk from Verkhovyna, who compiled a dictionary of Hutsul dialects, ethnographer and poet Vasyl Zelenchuk from Kryvorivna, and Tetyana Yastremska, a candidate…
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21 min
Gazda Shepherd and its story about shepherds from Reped.
In the settlements where ethnic Ukrainians live in the area of the Ruskovo Valley, cattle breeding and agricultural work were among the main occupations. Sheep farming in this ar…
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35 min
Vasyl Popovych: popularizer of Ukrainian Hutsul culture in ethnic communities on both sides of the Tisza.
Vasyl Popovych is a real ambassador of Hutsul Ukrainians in the Maramures region and beyond. Its activities to preserve and promote the traditions of Hutsul Ukrainians are rich and…
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33 min
Ivan Laver: "hegedush" and old songs.
When he starts playing, all the stories of his childhood and youth seem to come to life. He learned to play the violin on his own, out of passion, and later became one of the "hege…
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31 min
Vasilina Benzar, a green wreath from Polyany and a craft learned as needed.
Before the wedding or in front of the church, Vasilina Benzar is very busy. She manages the iron hand of several members of her family, including her daughter, daughter-in-law, gra…
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23 min
Popular fashion designer Yulika Lupshak and her creations with traditional motifs.
She is known for her Hutsul shirts, which she embroiders. Over time, she diversified her products and became a kind of clothing designer in the area, creating other outfits with tr…
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35 min
Father Rogovan: combines the spiritual with the social, traditions and customs with church rites.
The work of the priest Peter Rahovan, pastor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the village. Rapedya, Maramures County, goes beyond religious services on the occasion of holidays.…
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43 min
"Letter from the native land" of the poet-lumberjack Gavril Klympush - the first poet of the Ukrainian Hutsuls…
Gavrilo Klempush was self-taught, he learned to read and write from prayer books and "Kobzar" by Taras Shevchenko. For him, his native village, native land occupies an important pl…
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43 min
Collection of Hutsul objects by Nikolai Marichek.
Pots, pans, hand saws, oxen yoke, hooks, wooden spoons, plates, bread baskets, jugs, posts, whistles, ceramic bowls, vodka bottles, cart wheels, buckets, soup ladles, rocking chair…
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30 min
The phenomenon of Hutsul text
"In the literature of the Hutsul region there is such a special concept - the Hutsul text. Alexandra Saliy knows a lot of interesting things about this. She is a researcher at the…
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19 min
Master Vera Boris and her Hutsul pysanka
Pysanka is a decorated egg with traditional symbols. They are painted with wax and dyes. Vira Borys from Kosovo has been engaged in this folk art for almost 20 years. The post Mast…
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15 min
Charming and daily sounds of the Carpathians
Hutsul village is woven of dozens of sounds. Familiar, understandable, very ordinary. Which you are unlikely to notice if, for example, hurrying to the bus after a few days of hiki…
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23 min
Night market in Kosiv
Almost all Carpathian tourists have heard about the Kosiv Bazaar. The fair is open only on Saturdays from 4 am until noon. Therefore, to buy the best things, you have to stay up al…
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21 min
Strynadyuk's masters and their experiments
Mykola Strynadyuk is a master of the modern Kosovo school of artistic carving. Bogdan and Zakhar, sons of the master, are also engaged in woodworking. Everyone has their own unique…
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17 min
Vasyl Zelenchuk: a poet who loves the letter "r"
Local historian Vasyl Zelenchuk jokingly calls himself a museum exhibit. He works as a senior researcher at the Ivan Franko Museum in Kryvorivnya. Zelenchuk knows everyone and he i…
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29 min
Hutsul wedding: stories from Kryvorivnia
Hutsul wedding traditions live on. Vasilina Zelenchuk, who takes care of the estate-museum in Kryvorivnya, where Serhiy Paradzhanov shot the film "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors",…
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19 min
Gnat Khotkevych Theater: over 100 years of play
The Hutsul theater in the village of Krasnoillya, Verkhovyna district, is an amateur ensemble with more than a century of history. It was created in 1910 by Hnat Khotkevych. Today,…
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23 min
The world of Shekeryk-Donikov and grandfather Ivanchyk
Nadiya Makivnychuk, the head of the memorial museum in Verkhovyna, and her son tells about the Hutsul public and political figure, ethnographer and writer Petro Shekeryk-Donykov. W…
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25 min
One thousand and one instruments of folklorist Mykhailo Tymofiiv
Mykhailo Tymofiiv is a Ukrainian folklorist, conductor and composer. The man lives in Kolomyia and has made more than 800 musicial instruments for 45 years. He plays the flute-like…
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23 min
Taras Strynadyuk: crosses, icons and tinctures
Taras Strynadyuk from Kosovo collects and restores ancient Hutsul crosses and icons. He is professionally engaged in artistic carving. Taras's workshop is located at home. Also at…