Genres
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Arkan
The arkan is an ancient Hutsul men's dance of the Carpathians, a symbol of courage and the brotherhood of the opryshky.
Vertep
The vertep is an ancient Ukrainian Christmas theatre with music, carols, and puppets.
Wedding Songs
Wedding songs are one of the richest layers of Ukrainian ritual folklore, accompanying every stage of the wedding rite.
Vesnyanka
A vesnyanka is a ritual song of the spring cycle, with which girls performed rites of “calling in spring” on hilltops and by rivers.
Haivka
Haivky (hahilky) are spring ritual song-games performed by girls at Easter, chiefly in Western Ukraine.
Laments
Laments are improvised funeral keening, one of the most ancient ritual genres of the Ukrainian folk tradition.
Hopak
The hopak is a fiery Ukrainian folk dance of Cossack origin with virtuosic leaps.
Hutsulka
The hutsulka is a fiery folk dance and dance-tune of the Hutsuls, one of the hallmarks of Carpathian musical culture.
Dumy
Dumy are the Ukrainian epic genre — narrative song-poems about Cossack campaigns, Turkish captivity, and the struggle for faith.
Ethno-futurism
Ethno-futurism is a contemporary direction in Ukrainian music that fuses authentic folklore with electronics, synthesizers, and avant-garde.
