A description of how Tsymbaly are tuned by Ted Harasymchuk and a description of how kutia is made by Mrs. Koroluk.
A 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.
UntitledA book review on "Ukrains'ka radians'ka fol'kloristika" (Soviet Ukrainian Folklore) by Berezovs'kyi.
UntitledA 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.
UntitledA description of customs and songs associated with Zeleni Sviata (Green Holidays) as described by Mark Bandera.
UntitledA comparative study of two articles: “Ethnography: The History and Present State of Research”and “The Development of Ukrainian Folklore”.
UntitledA 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.
UntitledA study on the different approaches to define culture.
UntitledA 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.
UntitledA review of Robert Kylmasz's doctoral dissertation "Ukrainian folklore in Canada: An immigrant complex in transition".
UntitledA review of a book of folksongs gathered by Marko Vovchok,issued by Muzychna Ukraina in1979.
UntitledA collection of proverbs about birth, weddings, and death.
UntitledA 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.
UntitledDescribes 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
Field videos of Chychul making tsymbaly
UntitledAn annotated bibliography about the bandura.
UntitledA description of the tsymbaly including a description of a tsymbaly maker, Tom Chychul.
UntitledA collection of course work by Mark Bandera including book reviews, annotated bibliographies, and essay on topics such as folklore, folksongs, tsymbaly, and bandury.
UntitledAn investigation of Ukrainian folklore theory as presented in Ukrainian serial publications in the 20th century.
UntitledThis file contains eight various assignments completed by Mark Bandera for different Ukrainian Folklore courses at the University of Alberta.