Artist Encounter Workshop - Inna Kovtun Ukrainian Folk Song
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The Department of American Studies and Douglass Library Present
Artist Encounter Workshop with Inna Kovtun
2:00 - 3:15pm, Douglass Library, Mabel Smith Douglass Room
Free and Open to the Public
Ms. Kovtun will present a workshop titled, “Autumn Roots: The Living Tradition of Ukrainian Wedding Songs — Stories, Rituals, Voices and Movement Across Generations”
Autumn has traditionally been an important wedding season in Ukraine. The workshop explores the Ukrainian wedding cycle, especially autumn wedding traditions, through storytelling, photographs, video examples, traditional costumes, ritual symbolism, and archival and fieldwork recordings of traditional songs performed by elder tradition bearers from different Ukrainian communities. Ms. Kovtun will share photographs, videos, and examples from her ethnographic fieldwork in Ukraine. She will introduce participants to Ukrainian wedding customs and their symbolism and teach a traditional wedding song and a dance, followed by a Christmas carol to welcome the coming holiday season.
Artist Encounter Workshop with Inna Kovtun
2:00 - 3:15pm, Douglass Library, Mabel Smith Douglass Room
Free and Open to the Public
Ms. Kovtun will present a workshop titled, “Autumn Roots: The Living Tradition of Ukrainian Wedding Songs — Stories, Rituals, Voices and Movement Across Generations”
Autumn has traditionally been an important wedding season in Ukraine. The workshop explores the Ukrainian wedding cycle, especially autumn wedding traditions, through storytelling, photographs, video examples, traditional costumes, ritual symbolism, and archival and fieldwork recordings of traditional songs performed by elder tradition bearers from different Ukrainian communities. Ms. Kovtun will share photographs, videos, and examples from her ethnographic fieldwork in Ukraine. She will introduce participants to Ukrainian wedding customs and their symbolism and teach a traditional wedding song and a dance, followed by a Christmas carol to welcome the coming holiday season.
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Mabel Smith Douglass Library, 8 Chapel Drive,New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
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Host or PublisherDepartment of American Studies at Rutgers-New Brunswick
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