Summer Kitchen - Ukrainian Song & Culture Demonstration

Preparing the Summer Kitchen: Demonstration

Word and Voice Theatre Centre sings Ukrainian traditional songs and shares the connection between song and food

Join us for an evening of song and discussion about Ukraine’s rich cultural heritage!

Traditional folk music is a bridge between ancestors and new generations. It is considered to be the soul of its people. In Ukraine, traditional song accompanies a person in everyday life and on holidays, it helps in the hour of darkness or grief, and it cheers the heart during special life events. Ukrainian folk culture (including rituals, beliefs, festivals, music, art, food) has its origins in the cycle of life, and the primaeval organic relationship between people and the land which enabled them to exist. Many of the customs and rituals associated today with Christian festivals such as Easter and Christmas originally evolved as celebrations of natural events, such as spring, the solstices, the…