This collection includes analyses on the wax ceremony performed by Ukrainian Canadians as folk medicine as research for her Master's thesis at the University of Alberta.
Hanchuk, Rena JeanneThis collection consists of materials collected by Ashley Halko-Addley for her graduate research project, Waxing Away Illness, at the University of Alberta. In 2018, Ashley conducted interviews and observations of the wax ceremony in Saskatchewan and Alberta. This collection consists primarily of transcripts, audio recordings, and fieldnotes, with select supplementary materials.
A supplementary website was created by Ashley Halko-Addley. The website highlights some of the participants and important selections from their interviews. The website can be accessed here: https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/waxingawayillness/
Halko-Addley, AshleyThis file contains early materials collected by Rena Hanchuk for her Folklore classes and a final paper. The project defines the wax ceremony as practiced in Canada. Within the written work, Rena compares and contrasts the definition of a wax ceremony through the taped interviews. The 15-page essay "A study on the Wax Ceremony as folk medicine" was done for the course Ukrainian 699.
Hanchuk, Rena JeanneMaster's thesis on the Wax Ceremony, a folkloric tradition brought to Alberta mainly by Ukrainian immigrants mainly who emigrated from Western regions of Ukraine.
Hanchuk, Rena JeanneCeremony of f. Malinowsky's ordination held in Ascension of Our Lady Church, the church of the village he was born and grow up in. The end of the ceremony. (Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Church clothing)
Ceremony of f. Malinowsky's ordination held in Ascension of Our Lady Church, the church of the village he was born and grow up in. The end of the ceremony. A young girl in Ukrainian folk costume welcomes with bouquet of flowers the Bishop
Ceremony of f. Malinowsky's ordination held in Ascension of Our Lady Church, the church of the village he was born and grow up in. The end of the ceremony. A young girl in Ukrainian folk costume welcomes with bouquet of flowers f. Malinowsky. (Priests of Ukrainian Catholic Church clothing, Ukrainian Folk costume)
Ceremony of f. Malinowsky's ordination held in Ascension of Our Lady Church, the church of the village he was born and grow up in. The end of the ceremony. A young girl in Ukrainian folk costume congratulates f. Malinowsky. Ritual embracing. (Priests of Ukrainian Catholic Church clothing, Ukrainian Folk costume)
Ceremony of f. Malinowsky's ordination held in Ascension of Our Lady Church, the church of the village he was born and grow up in. The end of the ceremony. F. Malinowsky is keeping a bunch of flowers. (Priests of Ukrainian Catholic Church clothing, bunch of flowers)
Ceremony of f. Malinowsky's ordination held in Ascension of Our Lady Church, the church of the village he was born and grow up in. The end of the ceremony. F. Malinowsky is keeping a bunch of flowers. (Priests of Ukrainian Catholic Church clothing, bunch of flowers)
Ceremony of f. Malinowsky's ordination held in Ascension of Our Lady Church, the church of the village he was born and grow up in. The end of the ceremony. Ritual gestures. (Clergy clothing)
Ceremony of f. Malinowsky's ordination held in Ascension of Our Lady Church, the church of the village he was born and grow up in. The end of the ceremony. Ritual gestures. (Clergy clothing)
Ceremony of f. Malinowsky's ordination held in Ascension of Our Lady Church, the church of the village he was born and grow up in. The end of the ceremony. Ritual gestures. (Clergy clothing)
Ceremony of f. Malinowsky's ordination held in Ascension of Our Lady Church, the church of the village he was born and grow up in. The end of the ceremony. Ritual gestures. (Clergy clothing)
Ceremony of f. Malinowsky's ordination held in Ascension of Our Lady Church, the church of the village he was born and grow up in. The end of the ceremony. Ritual gestures. (Clergy clothing)
Ceremony of f. Malinowsky's ordination held in Ascension of Our Lady Church, the church of the village he was born and grow up in. The end of the ceremony. Ritual gestures. (Clergy clothing)
Ceremony of f. Malinowsky's ordination held in Ascension of Our Lady Church, the church of the village he was born and grow up in. The end of the ceremony. Ritual gestures. (Bishop clothing)
Ceremony of f. Malinowsky's ordination held in Ascension of Our Lady Church, the church of the village he was born and grow up in. The end of the ceremony. Ritual gestures. (Clergy clothing)
Ceremony of f. Malinowsky's ordination held in Ascension of Our Lady Church, the church of the village he was born and grow up in. The end of the ceremony. Ritual gestures. (Clergy clothing)
Ceremony of f. Malinowsky's ordination held in Ascension of Our Lady Church, the church of the village he was born and grow up in. The end of the ceremony. Parishioners are observing the ceremony. (Modern Brazilian peasants clothing)