A description of how Tsymbaly are tuned by Ted Harasymchuk and a description of how kutia is made by Mrs. Koroluk.
This file contains eight various assignments completed by Mark Bandera for different Ukrainian Folklore courses at the University of Alberta.
A 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.
Sans titreA study on the different approaches to define culture.
Sans titreA collection of course work by Mark Bandera including book reviews, annotated bibliographies, and essay on topics such as folklore, folksongs, tsymbaly, and bandury.
Sans titreA description of how an outdoor oven (p'iets) was made and how the weather influenced the use of it from the recollections of Ivan Ivasiuk.
Sans titreA 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.
Sans titreA book review on "Ukrains'ka radians'ka fol'kloristika" (Soviet Ukrainian Folklore) by Berezovs'kyi.
Sans titreA review of Robert Kylmasz's doctoral dissertation "Ukrainian folklore in Canada: An immigrant complex in transition".
Sans titreA 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.
Sans titreAn investigation of Ukrainian folklore theory as presented in Ukrainian serial publications in the 20th century.
Sans titreA description of customs and songs associated with Zeleni Sviata (Green Holidays) as described by Mark Bandera.
Sans titreA review of a book of folksongs gathered by Marko Vovchok,issued by Muzychna Ukraina in1979.
Sans titreThe file consists of textual and audiovisual materials related to tsymbaly making by Tom Chychul.
Field videos of Chychul making tsymbaly
Sans titreA collection of proverbs about birth, weddings, and death.
Sans titreA 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.
Sans titreAn annotated bibliography about the bandura.
Sans titreDescribes 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