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Folklore Lunch: Malanka in Ukraine: a Ukraīner exploration of regional variations
January 12 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Part of the Kule Folklore Centre Folklore Lunch Series
“Malanka in Ukraine: a Ukraīner exploration of regional variations”
Presenter: Dariia Titarova
January 12, 2024 | 12pm MST |
Kule Folklore Centre, 250 Old Arts Bldg, University of Alberta
Join us in person or online for this Zoom presentation. Zoom registration below.
Malanka brings together entire communities in a street carnival with masks and fancy costumes to celebrate the arrival of the new year. The Ukrainian holiday has deep pre-Christian roots.
The history of Malanka celebrations in Ukraine is about the persistence of the tradition, which was not eliminated despite all the attempts of the Soviet regime, about its reinterpretation, and revival. In 2021-2022, the Ukraїner’s team traveled to different regions of Ukraine to tell the story of hand-crafted masks and the most bizarre bear costumes in Bukovyna, exciting battles between Malanka characters in
Halychyna, contemporary festive parades in the Carpathians, and the resurrected
ritual of walking a goat in Poltavshchyna.
Dariia Titarova is a volunteer and author of texts for Ukraїner, a Ukrainian community and organization that has been researching Ukraine and the Ukrainian context since 2016. Dariia’s special focus is on national minorities in Ukraine and the traditional customs and winter holidays, namely Christmas and Malanka.
The presentation will be available on our Youtube channel and our website after the event: ukrfolk.ca.
For more information, contact: ukrfolk@ualberta.ca
