The series includes a copy of an article "Kules honoured with biography" published in Ukrainian News in 2009, and a copy of the obituary for Nicholas Kuleba, Peter's brother.
This Certificate of Thanks was provided in honour and appreciation of Mr. & Mrs. Kule for their generosity to the Salvation Army. The document is signed by Major Ken Percy, Director, Public Relations & Development.
This collection contains the results of two ethnographic trips to the Ukrainian communities in Brazil by Andriy Nahachewsky. The first trip took place from 4 May to 26 May 2009, and included Andriy Nahachewsky, Serge Cipko, John C. Lehr, and Maryna Hrymych. This was the first trip to Brazil for each of the participants, though they each had strong credentials in their disciplines and in fieldwork more generally. Thus the project goal was to cast a wide net for general orientation into the historical and contemporary life of the Ukrainian communities there. Each researcher also had specific personal goals. The trip included visits to Curitiba, Prudentópolis and several rural communities nearby, Craveiro in Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Brasília, and Foz do Iguaçu. The agenda included visits to an agricultural cooperative, meetings with diplomats and organizational representatives, and diverse individuals who could speak about life in their communities. Photographs by Hrymych, Lehr, and Cipko are also accessioned into the BMUFA and located in their own respective collections.
The second trip was undertaken by Andriy Nahachewsky, for 6 months from 14 November 2009 to 13 May 2010. The goal of the project was to continue the first exploratory fieldtrip, intensifying and expanding it. The project had a strong diachronic focus, documenting change in cultural traditions, to understand better how Ukrainian cultural content, rooted in 19th century rural traditions in western Ukraine, became transplanted, disappeared, adapted, and sometimes newly created in its diaspora setting in the Brazilian context. The intent was to be able to compare these processes with similar ones known from the Ukrainian Canadian context, as well as culture in western Ukraine itself, which also changed significantly over the 20th century: One cultural root, and three branches evolving on three continents over 120 years.
Another aspect of the fieldtrip was connected with Nahachewsky’s earlier “Local Culture and Diversity on the Prairies” project, which strove to provide documentation about regional differences in traditional Ukrainian culture in the Canadian setting. This аspect of the project was to try trace local differences in Brazilian culture in a similar way. Some of these regional differences were probably most clear in past decades. A third aspect was more synchronic, aimed to document contemporary life. Connected with this, the Brazil trip involved travelling to some 65 communities in the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo, the main Ukrainian settlement areas in Brazil. The project involved recording some 300 audio interviews, 53 hours of video recordings of contemporary events, 14,000 photographs, and gathering many publications and manuscripts (in hard copy and reproduced digitally), as well as diverse artifacts. The overall focus in subject matter was broad, including material culture (farming practices, folk arts), customs (calendar holidays, weddings, funerals, etc) and performing arts (music, dance). Special foci developed for dance materials, religious images, church architecture, cemeteries, music, and weddings, because of Nahachewsky’s research background, opportunities, and experiences as the fieldwork proceeded. The trips were both funded by the Huculak Chair and the Kule Folklore Centre (for the first trip: Nahachewsky, Hrymych, and various shared expenses). During both trips, the hosts in the home base in Prudentópolis, as well as other locations in Brazil, were very warm and hospitable, open, and generous. A copy of the digital photo, audio, and video fieldwork materials was deposited in the Museu do Milênio in Prudentópolis.
Nahachewsky, AndriyThe collection consists of two interviews Maryna Hrymych conducted with Bohdan Medwidsky in Edmonton in 2009
Medwidsky, BohdanAndriy Nahachewsky is interviewing Bishop Volodymyr inside the residence.
Ukrainian Brazilian pysanky in the interior of Ukrainian Catholic Bishop in Brazilia Volodymyr.
Icon (painting) of Our Lady in the Residence of Ukrainian Catholic Church Bishop.
Vitorio - the chair of Ukrainian Congress in Brasilia near his car.
Painting in the Residence of Ukrainian Catholic Bishop in Brasilia Emeritus Efraim Krevei: Ukrainian colony in Brazil.
The Bishop Emeritus of Ukrainian Catholic Church in Brazil Efraim Krevei.
Photo of young Efraim Krevei.
Embroidered icon of Our Lady in the residence of Efraim Krevei.
Garden at Bishop's Residence.
Andriy Nahachewsky is speaking to members of Ukrainian Culture Friends Committee.
Sign on Ukrainian communal hall "Vende-se Vareneke".
Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Church in Brasilia Volodymyr Kovbych in his residence.