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An annotated bibliography about the bandura.

"The Development of the Contemporary Bandura Scene in North America" discusses bandura playing and ensembles in North America with a brief history of how the Bandura came into existence.

A review of a book of folksongs gathered by Marko Vovchok,issued by Muzychna Ukraina in1979.

A collection of proverbs about birth, weddings, and death.

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 description of customs and songs associated with Zeleni Sviata (Green Holidays) as described by Mark Bandera.

"Ukrainian Christmas Eve" compares the Christmas Eve customs and rituals celebrated in Ukraine and in Canada.

The collection includes Yarema Kowalchuk's final essay for the course UKR-699.

This project contains an interview with Mr. Hoshko about non-Christian beliefs and superstitions that he encountered throughout his childhood. This assignment includes recollections from Mr. Hoshko about: folk medicine, ghost and gypsy encounters, and others.

The collection consists of a fieldwork project and final papers done by Markian Kowaliuk for the Ukrainian Folklore courses at the University of Alberta.

This collection contains an analysis of the structure of a poetic form "dumy" for mood, emphasis, and rhythm on the overall effect of the poem.

This project contains texts of wedding and other traditional songs by John Ewasiuk who has sung at weddings for over 50 years.

The collection consists of songs and verses collected in Edmonton from the informants Joe Olinyk, Anna Olinyk, Mrs. Helena Pinkyj, Mrs. Eva Kurylo, Mrs. Maria Stratychuk, Mrs. Annie Kapach, and Mrs. Mary Lagoski, some of whom grew up in Galicia or Bukovina and immigrated to Canada.

A collection of jokes, proverbs, New Year's verses and texts of other folk songs collected by Irene Scharabun for the UKR-499 course at the University of Alberta.

The project consists of songs and verses collected in Edmonton from the informants Joe Olinyk, Anna Olinyk, Mrs. Helena Pinkyj, Mrs. Eva Kurylo, Mrs. Maria Stratychuk, Mrs. Annie Kapach, and Mrs. Mary Lagoski, some of whom grew up in Galicia or Bukovina and immigrated to Canada.

A collection of texts of songs, proverbs and customs collected from informants in Alberta for the course Ukrainian Folklore 499. Includes text of a religious letter from Father Kuban. Copies of work that describe love and kozak songs are also included.

The collection consists of verses collected in Canada from various pioneers from western Ukraine, and a collection of jokes, proverbs, New Year's verses and texts of other folk songs.

A collection of wedding songs, winter cycle songs and various other songs sung by Maria Mazuryk. The texts are transliterated with some discussion and comments by the author

The collection consists of fieldwork materials and essays collected by Demjan Hohol for folklore courses.

A collection of Ukrainian provers collected in Alberta for the UKR-421 course and their explanations. The sources include following interviewees: Dmytro Petriw (Roman's father), Bohdan Medwidsky, prof. Zujewsky, pani Prits', pani Ianyshevs'ka, prof. Carlton, Zenon Paranych (Roman's grandfather), maestro Kolesnyk, pani Husak, pan Vasyliv.