Boykos Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/boykos/ Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire Mon, 25 Sep 2023 11:22:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://forgottengalicia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bird-150x150.png Boykos Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/boykos/ 32 32 A Protection Symbol for the Home: The Six-Petal Rosette оn the Crossbeams of Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/a-protection-symbol-for-the-home-the-six-petal-rosette-on-the-crossbeams-of-galicia/ https://forgottengalicia.com/a-protection-symbol-for-the-home-the-six-petal-rosette-on-the-crossbeams-of-galicia/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2018 11:16:05 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=4006 The Six-Petal Rosette The six-petal rosette (also known as a hexafoil), the flower-like symbol created by overlapping seven circles, as well as the expanded variants with 7 interlocking rosettes and 19 interlocking rosettes (the latter is called the “Flower of Life” in the New Age movement), is an ancient symbol […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/a-protection-symbol-for-the-home-the-six-petal-rosette-on-the-crossbeams-of-galicia/feed/ 9 Boyko Music: ‘At the Foot of the Carpathian Chain’ https://forgottengalicia.com/boyko-music-foot-carpathian-chain/ https://forgottengalicia.com/boyko-music-foot-carpathian-chain/#respond Mon, 23 Nov 2015 08:50:30 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=174 My paternal grandfather was born in the village of Lybokhora (Turka District), the “capital” of Boyko instrumental music. His parents, who were from the Sambir and Lviv regions, moved to this Carpathian village in the early 1900s to direct and teach at the local school. This is a picture from […]

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