VIDEO DYKUN
About this original series
Ukrainian-American. Parent. Dancer and Drummer. Cultural Studies/History Student. Deleuzophile/Adornophile. Leftist/Activist. ZEN. Live off and on in 3 places, on 2 continents. Hungarian and Carpathian Music and Dance Enthusiast. Web/Graphic Design. Contractor, Truck-Driver, Supervisor.
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# Episodes
12 episodes -
Rating
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Episodes of VIDEO DYKUN
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Concert of Authentic Ukrainian and Russian Folk ...
wedding songs and rituals: i was surprised to find out that one of the best folklore ensembles from ukraine was coming to riga to do a concert! the bozhychi folklore ensemble from kyiv joined up with an excellent russian ensemble here in riga (excellent because they, like bozhychi, are uncomprimisingly dedicated to village-based authenticity) called il'inskaja pjatnytsa. they performed together a show of russian and ukrainian wedding songs and rituals, with the structure of a ukrainian cossack...
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Release date
Mar 21, 2007
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Runtime
09:01
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Latvia: Commemorating in 2007 the Barricades of ...
This is footage of members of the folk choir Skandinieki singing this past weekend at a rock that marks one of the spots in Riga where 5 people were killed during a Soviet crackdown on January 20, 1991.In the course of its terminal year segments within the Soviet government made two bungled attempts to keep things from falling apart. The second of these is better known--i.e., the August Coup. However, that long and tense year began right away with a display of the Soviet authority's anxiety--a...
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Release date
Jan 21, 2007
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Runtime
01:13
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New Year's Eve 2005 in Kyiv, Ukraine
Z NOVYM ROKOM! this is a long, 20 minute clip from new year's eve 2005 in kyiv. the orange revolution demonstrations and the third round of elections (that yushchenko won) had just concluded. on this day, people were anxiously awaiting the inauguration of yushchenko and the start of a truly new year.i post this as reminder of the optimism about the potential and, what is more, of the strong will for change that existed at the time in ukraine. my point is not to feel pessimistic about all that ...
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Release date
Jan 1, 2007
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Runtime
20:21
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Latvian Winter Solstice 2005
This was filmed at Dievseta, a retreat center run by Dievturi in Wisconsin, USA. Dievturi refers to an organization of people who follow pre-Christian Latvian customs in a contemporary context that is active both in Latvia and the Latvian diaspora.The Dievturi have a kind of formalized path for following these traditions, while there are also those who consider themselves followers of the old ways who do not call themselves Dievturi.This is very authentic, i.e., an example of how Latvians in t...
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Release date
Dec 30, 2006
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Runtime
01:02
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Ukraine: A Hutsul Wedding, Part III
Here is the third and final installment to the Hutsul wedding video. Parts I and II were posted earlier. Part I had footage of the rituals that take place in the morning just before the actual wedding ceremony at the church.Part II had footage of the wedding ceremony and the rituals that precede the start of the wedding reception. It also has footage of the feasting (eating and drinking) and singing during the reception meal. Part III is of the dance after the meal. Notes to Part III:The recep...
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Release date
Nov 19, 2006
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Runtime
09:19
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A Hutsul Wedding, Part II
Here is the second installment to the Hutsul wedding video.Part I was posted earlier. There will also be a Part III. Part I had footage of the rituals that take place in the morning just before the actual wedding ceremony at the church.Part II has footage of the wedding ceremony and the rituals that precede the start of the wedding reception. It also has footage of the feasting (eating and drinking) and singing during the reception meal. Part III will be of the dance after the meal. Turns out ...
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Release date
Nov 2, 2006
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Runtime
11:24
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Ukraine: Wedding Procession in Pidhajtsi, Ternop...
this is footage from august, 2005. in many parts of ukraine, as in many other parts of the world, it is traditional that on the day of a wedding, the family and friends of the groom will gather at the groom's house for a small ceremony, after which they will all proceed through the village to the home of the bride. at the head of the procession usually is a band playing a wedding march. at the bride's home is gathered her family and some friends, and another ceremony takes place. then the two ...
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Release date
Oct 21, 2006
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Runtime
00:18
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Dyki Tantsi Juliji--Julija's Wild Dances
My daughter Julija is becoming evermore agile on her feet and is well into the start of her career as a folklorist! She is 15 months in this short clip, that was recently filmed by her vecmama (Latvian for "grandmother") and assembled by her mama, Zinta, who also is in the video, playing the accordion.Enjoy!
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Release date
Sep 29, 2006
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Runtime
00:14
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A Hutsul Wedding
This is part one of two short (8-10 min) pieces I have edited of footage I took at a wedding in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine in August 2004. The wedding was that of a cousin of a friend, Anna. Much of Anna's heritage is Hutsul. Hutsuls and their descedents have lived in their part of the Carpathians for some 500-600 years. The sign at the entrance to Anna's home village of Jabloniv boasts 450 yrs of settlement.The video begins with footage of Anna, two other friends (including my second...
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Release date
Jul 18, 2006
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Runtime
08:49
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The Mill and the Peasants
This is more footage from the town of Pidhajtsi in Western Ukraine, shot in August, 2005. If a peasantry is a population bound to and dependent for survival upon the land through various means that grossly benefit local or not-so-local lords while keeping the individual farmer more or less locked in his/her place--such as via outright serfdom or through credit arrangements and dependency on local "lords" to pay out some cash—then the cash-crop and subsistence farmers of Western Ukraine qualify...
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Release date
May 30, 2006
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Runtime
02:02
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