Forgotten Galicia - Culture Archives https://forgottengalicia.com/category/culture/ Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire Thu, 08 May 2025 11:44:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://forgottengalicia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bird-150x150.png Forgotten Galicia - Culture Archives https://forgottengalicia.com/category/culture/ 32 32 Between Myth and Memory: 1930s Galicia by the Artist who Never Was https://forgottengalicia.com/between-myth-and-memory-1930s-galicia-by-the-artist-who-never-was/ https://forgottengalicia.com/between-myth-and-memory-1930s-galicia-by-the-artist-who-never-was/#respond Mon, 05 May 2025 13:33:25 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=52203 By Ari Neumann *** Discover the curious case of “Lazar Weissmann,” a supposed Jewish artist who captured scenes of 1930s Galicia in 100s of watercolors, at a new exhibition of the History Museum of Kolomyia opening on May 16 at 14:00, for one month. Found as far as Canada, to as […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/between-myth-and-memory-1930s-galicia-by-the-artist-who-never-was/feed/ 0 ‘False Friends’ between Galician and Standard Ukrainian https://forgottengalicia.com/false-friends-between-galician-and-standard-ukrainian/ https://forgottengalicia.com/false-friends-between-galician-and-standard-ukrainian/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:19:23 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=51101 When I moved to Ukraine, I had to learn a whole new Ukrainian vocabulary. It turned out that I had grown up speaking a Galician diasporic Ukrainian, which used many dialectisms, Polonisms, and archaisms, and which was absent of Russification. To keep track of the differences between the two lexicons, […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/false-friends-between-galician-and-standard-ukrainian/feed/ 0 Why do Ukrainians mix up H and Х? https://forgottengalicia.com/why-do-ukrainians-mix-up-h-and-x/ https://forgottengalicia.com/why-do-ukrainians-mix-up-h-and-x/#respond Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:07:02 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=52098 Ukrainian speakers often confuse the English H and the Ukrainian Х sound. This can be seen in a variety of places, like the common transcription of “happy birthday” as “хеппі бурздей”. When Russian speakers do this it seems to make sense – Russian does not have an “H” sound at […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/why-do-ukrainians-mix-up-h-and-x/feed/ 0 Cultural Confluence: Exploring Shared Songs Across Ukrainian and Polish Traditions https://forgottengalicia.com/cultural-confluence-exploring-shared-songs-across-ukrainian-and-polish-traditions/ https://forgottengalicia.com/cultural-confluence-exploring-shared-songs-across-ukrainian-and-polish-traditions/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:34:05 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=50978 During a visit to Kraków the week before Christmas, I attended a small gathering at an acquaintance’s apartment. While they sang Polish Christmas carols, one particular melody stood out to me — it was remarkably similar to a Ukrainian Christmas carol, with lyrics that resembled those of its Ukrainian counterpart. […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/cultural-confluence-exploring-shared-songs-across-ukrainian-and-polish-traditions/feed/ 0 Long Live Skrypnykivka: How the Galician Diaspora Preserved the Ukrainian Orthography of 1928 https://forgottengalicia.com/long-live-skrypnykivka-how-the-galician-diaspora-preserved-the-ukrainian-orthography-of-1928/ https://forgottengalicia.com/long-live-skrypnykivka-how-the-galician-diaspora-preserved-the-ukrainian-orthography-of-1928/#respond Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:12:15 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=51083 The old Ukrainian diaspora, primarily originating from Galicia, has been instrumental in preserving linguistic elements predating the 1933 orthography, which marked the onset of russification in Ukrainian orthographic tradition. Alongside, this community has safeguarded distinctive Galician linguistic and orthographic customs, which have gradually faded within Galicia itself. This article has […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/long-live-skrypnykivka-how-the-galician-diaspora-preserved-the-ukrainian-orthography-of-1928/feed/ 0 Shund on Shellac or Gimpel’s Theatre, Lemberg: The Sounds of a Popular Yiddish Theatre Preserved on Gramophone Records 1904–1913 https://forgottengalicia.com/shund-on-shellac-or-gimpels-theatre-lemberg/ https://forgottengalicia.com/shund-on-shellac-or-gimpels-theatre-lemberg/#respond Wed, 17 Apr 2024 08:33:24 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=51212 This version of Michael Aylward’s article “Shund on Shellac or Gimpel’s Theatre, Lemberg” is based on a much longer version with various appendices. The complete version is posted in PDF format at the bottom of this article and may be downloaded. If you wish to quote from either of these […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/shund-on-shellac-or-gimpels-theatre-lemberg/feed/ 0 Janusz Majewski (1931-2024): King of Bittersweet Nostalgia https://forgottengalicia.com/janusz-majewski-1931-2024-king-of-bittersweet-nostalgia/ https://forgottengalicia.com/janusz-majewski-1931-2024-king-of-bittersweet-nostalgia/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:28:55 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=51190 An interview with the celebrated film director Janusz Majewski, who died on 10th January aged 92, was one of the last of the old guard of Polish directors who emerged in the 1950s. He was part of a generation of filmmakers that put Poland firmly on the cinematic map. ‘He […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/janusz-majewski-1931-2024-king-of-bittersweet-nostalgia/feed/ 0 ‘Chorna Rillia’: How a Galician Cossack Folk Song Became Popular Ukrainian and Yiddish World War I Ballads https://forgottengalicia.com/chorna-rillia-how-a-galician-cossack-folk-song-became-popular-ukrainian-and-yiddish-world-war-i-ballads/ https://forgottengalicia.com/chorna-rillia-how-a-galician-cossack-folk-song-became-popular-ukrainian-and-yiddish-world-war-i-ballads/#comments Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:48:42 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=50770 Recently, on Instagram I came across an intriguing post from Yiddish Shul, revealing a surprising connection between a famous Yiddish World War I ballad and a Ukrainian folk song. Although I was familiar with the Ukrainian song, its origins were unknown to me. As I delved into its history, I […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/chorna-rillia-how-a-galician-cossack-folk-song-became-popular-ukrainian-and-yiddish-world-war-i-ballads/feed/ 3 From Countryside to City: The Evolution of Ukrainian Urban Folk Fashion in Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/from-countryside-to-city-the-evolution-of-ukrainian-urban-folk-fashion-in-galicia/ https://forgottengalicia.com/from-countryside-to-city-the-evolution-of-ukrainian-urban-folk-fashion-in-galicia/#comments Thu, 24 Aug 2023 07:59:09 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=49460 Ukraine boasts an ancient and rich tradition of embroidery. Folk embroidery was deeply symbolic and connected with a great number of beliefs, myths, and superstitions. At the heart of this tradition was the shirt, known as the vyshyta sorochka or vyshyvanka. For centuries, Ukrainian embroidery was confined to the rural […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/from-countryside-to-city-the-evolution-of-ukrainian-urban-folk-fashion-in-galicia/feed/ 1 The Halychyna Town Costume: Modern Folk Attire for Galician Urban Folk https://forgottengalicia.com/the-halychyna-town-costume-modern-folk-attire-for-galician-urban-folk/ https://forgottengalicia.com/the-halychyna-town-costume-modern-folk-attire-for-galician-urban-folk/#respond Sat, 19 Aug 2023 12:53:05 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=50860 Following the dissolution of the Austrian Empire at the end of World War I, Galicia became a part of Poland, which exerted pressure on Ukrainian cultural identity. In response, a wave of Ukrainian national consciousness emerged among the middle class and urban populations. While desiring to express their Ukrainian heritage, […]

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