On the occasion of the International Day of Intangible Cultural Heritage, initiated by UNESCO, a presentation of books about the Cossack era took place. 📚
Recently, at Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, professionals involved in library science and the history of the Cossack period, along with scholars and students from various educational institutions, gathered for the event.
The audience watched a video about the element “Cossack Songs of the Dnipropetrovsk Region”, created by researchers of the Dnipro Academy of Music in cooperation with specialists from the Department of Culture and Sports of the Regional Council and #womenplus.
Participants also listened to two mini-lectures — “Academician Dmytro Yavornytsky as a Researcher and Promoter of the Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Zaporizhian Cossacks”* and “Monuments of the Cossack Era in the Archaeological Research of DNIM.”
Additionally, they viewed video messages from the authors of books about the Cossacks in the villages of the Konotop Sotnia.
Each participating institution received books as a gift.
Special thanks to:
👏 Sergiy Okovytyy — for the collaboration and the opportunity to hold the presentation in the safe space of CLUST SPACE DNIPRO at Oles Honchar Dnipro National University.
👏 Fidel Sukhonis — for the initiative to co-organize this event.
👏 The Hetmanate Heritage Charitable Foundation — for conducting research, publishing the books, and donating them to the participating institutions.
👏 Oleksandr Starik and Maksym Kavun — for their insightful mini-lectures that immersed the audience in the Cossack era.
👏 The “Slavutych” Ensemble (directed by Tetiana Solomka) — for the brilliant a cappella performance of three Cossack songs.
💙 Irina Chigrin (Korchemaha) (moderator), Nataliia Harmash, Viktoriia Vozna, Anastasiia Dobrovolska, and Aliona Zavarzina — for their contribution to organizing the event.
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