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‘Ked’ my pryshla karta’: An Austro-Hungarian Recruit Song

Areta — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 13:17:12 +0000

“Ked’ my pryshla karta” (Кедь ми прийшла карта) is a folk ballad from the Lemko region (Lemkovyna or Lemkivshchyna), a mountainous territory that stretches along the present-day borders of Ukraine, Poland, and Slovakia. The area that today belongs to Poland and Ukraine was a part of Galicia until WWI, while […]

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The Wooden Greek Catholic Churches of the Galician Lemko Region

Areta — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 14:12:00 +0000

The Lemkos and Their Fate The Lemkos are an ethnic group who historically inhabited the mountain valleys and foothills of the Carpathians in a region (called Lemkovyna or Lemkivshchyna) that today stretches along the border between Poland and Slovakia covering some western territories in Ukraine. The area that today belongs […]

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A Protection Symbol for the Home: The Six-Petal Rosette оn the Crossbeams of Galicia

Areta — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 11:16:05 +0000

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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The Ballad and Orchestra of St. Nicholas

Areta — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:53:02 +0000

Ballada o Św. Mikołaju is beautiful song about the sad fate of the Lemkos (a Carpathian ethnic sub-group), who were forcibly resettled from their ancestral homeland in 1944-46 to the Soviet Union, and in 1947 under Operation Vistula to western and northern Poland. Remnants of their homes, churches, and cemeteries still remain in […]

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‘Krajka. W domu’: Forgotten Music from Polish-Ukrainian Borderland

Areta — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 17:29:22 +0000

A folk band from Przemyśl — Krajka, together with Ukrainian musicians — released a new album dedicated to the lands that lie along the current Polish-Ukrainian border. “The album contains traditional music from the Polish-Ukrainian borderland, from the regions of Kholm, Lubaczow, Przemyśl, to the Carpathian mountains and valleys. These lands were once […]

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Ghost Signs in Sanok

Areta — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:32:31 +0000

Sanok is a Polish city located in the Carpathian Mountains. Historically, the region was inhabited by Lemkos and Boykos. In the interwar period, the city was known as a center of the Ukrainian movement in Galicia, and of the cultural heritage of Lemkos and other Rusyns. I didn’t spend much […]

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