This file contains eight various assignments completed by Mark Bandera for different Ukrainian Folklore courses at the University of Alberta.
The file consists of textual and audiovisual materials related to tsymbaly making by Tom Chychul.
Describes wedding customs in Ivanivtsi (Ivano-Frankivsk region) in the 1920's. The customs begin with courtship, and end with the purification or homecoming. Some of the informants also describe wedding rites in Bereziv
A comparison of traditional Ukrainian folksongs from contemporary Poland with those in North America. An analysis of Lemko features in music and a general discussion of song types, texts and translations.
Bandera, Mark JaroslavA description of customs and songs associated with Zeleni Sviata (Green Holidays) as described by Mark Bandera.
Bandera, Mark JaroslavA description of how Tsymbaly are tuned by Ted Harasymchuk and a description of how kutia is made by Mrs. Koroluk.
An investigation of Ukrainian folklore theory as presented in Ukrainian serial publications in the 20th century.
Bandera, Mark JaroslavA description of the tsymbaly including a description of a tsymbaly maker, Tom Chychul.
Bandera, Mark JaroslavAn annotated bibliography about the bandura.
Bandera, Mark JaroslavField videos of Chychul making tsymbaly
Bandera, Mark JaroslavA study on the different approaches to define culture.
Bandera, Mark JaroslavA analysis of the life cycles in "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" by Mykhailo Kotsiubyns'kyi with direct quotes from the text and examples of rites of passage.
Bandera, Mark JaroslavA comparison of two works: "Speaking At/About/with the Dead: Funerary Rhetoric Among Ukrainians in Western Canada" by Robert Klymasz and "Tini zabutykh predkiv" by Mykhailo Kotsiubyns'kyi.
Bandera, Mark JaroslavA collection of proverbs about birth, weddings, and death.
Bandera, Mark JaroslavA review of Robert Kylmasz's doctoral dissertation "Ukrainian folklore in Canada: An immigrant complex in transition".
Bandera, Mark JaroslavA review of a book of folksongs gathered by Marko Vovchok,issued by Muzychna Ukraina in1979.
Bandera, Mark JaroslavA summary of two articles: "Folklore Politics in the Soviet Ukraine: Perspective on Some Recent Trends and Developments" by Robert Kylmasz and "Concepts of Folklore and Folklife Studies" by Richard Dorson.
Bandera, Mark JaroslavA book review on "Ukrains'ka radians'ka fol'kloristika" (Soviet Ukrainian Folklore) by Berezovs'kyi.
Bandera, Mark JaroslavA comparative study of two articles: “Ethnography: The History and Present State of Research”and “The Development of Ukrainian Folklore”.
Bandera, Mark Jaroslav