Ukrainian Traditional Music

Ukrainian Traditional Music

Ukrainian Traditional Music

Ukrainian Traditional Music

By: Admin | Date: November 12, 2011 | Categories:

Ever want to join in on a cultural festival but always seem like an outsider? It’s impossible to feel that way at the Ukrainian New Year celebration at the Jasper Park Lodge, held annually each January in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains.

Malanka , as it’s called in Ukrainian, is a festival-sized event that feels like one big family reunion. Except that it’s not a family and it’s not a reunion, it just feels that way…

Malanka: Ukrainian New Year

As Ukrainian dance instructor and ex-dancer Tammy Komarnisky puts it, Malanka is about experiencing all of the Ukrainian Christmas traditions in one weekend. Khrystos Narodyvsia! Here is a taste of what that means:


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