12th (Thurs­day) and the 14th (Sat­ur­day) of Novem­ber, 2020 online from 03:00 till 05:00 p.m. 

Ukrain­ian cul­ture can unfold right in front of your eyes on ‘your doorstep’ or on your screen. See the longest instru­ment — Trem­bi­ta, hear the sounds of Ukrain­ian lan­guage, learn how to pre­pare Ukrain­ian food and meet artists from any­where in the world.

Program 

Reminder: check your local time. 

Day One | 12th, November 

at 03:00 p.m. | Wel­come speech

Dzvin­ka Kachur, The Present of Ukrain­ian Asso­ci­a­tion of South Africa 

Liubov Abrav­i­to­va, The Ambas­sador Extra­or­di­nary and Plenipo­ten­tiary of Ukraine to the Repub­lic of South Africa

Andre Johannes Groe­newald, The Ambas­sador Extra­or­di­nary and Plenipo­ten­tiary of the Repub­lic of South Africa to Ukraine

Nataliya Poshy­vay­lo-Towler, Region­al Vice Pres­i­dent of East­ern, South, South-East­ern Asia, Ocea­nia and Africa 

at 03:30 p.m. | Explore Ukraine through the poet­ry  

Oksana Kut­senko, Ukrain­ian poet, author of children’s books, philoso­pher

Han­na Yanovs­ka, Ukrain­ian poet,essayist, trans­la­tor and inter­preter

Joseph Koet­si­er, South African (a Dutch nation­al born) poet

at 04:00 p.m. | What is Vyshy­van­ka?

Yuliya Magdych, entre­pre­neur, design­er, jour­nal­ist, pub­lic fig­ure.

In 2009 she received the “Icon of Style” award accord­ing to ELLE mag­a­zine, the Elle Style Awards. She has repeat­ed­ly been includ­ed in the lists of the most styl­ish peo­ple in Ukraine accord­ing to Harper’s Bazaar mag­a­zine. In 2014, it-girl Yulia Magdych found­ed a fash­ion brand, whose mis­sion is to col­lect cloth­ing out of time and trends.

Inter­pret­ing the DNA of the clas­sic “embroi­dered shirt”, the design­er cre­ates a kind of “uni­form” for the mod­ern Lady — lux­u­ri­ous, and at the same time casu­al images that are rel­e­vant for morn­ing walks and for so-called evenings.

The spe­cial prop­er­ty of the brand is tech­ni­cal­ly com­plex three-dimen­sion­al embroi­dery, based on orna­ments found in muse­ums, pri­vate col­lec­tions and local his­to­ry trips to Ukraine.

at 04:30 p.m. | Learn more about Ukrain­ian dance

Day Two | 14th, November 

at 03:00 p.m. | Dis­cov­er Ukraine through the music and tra­di­tion­al instru­ments

Maksym Berezh­nuk, Ukrain­ian vir­tu­oso musi­cian, per­former on tra­di­tion­al wind instru­ments, vocal­ist, co-founder of the groups “The Doox”

Mary and Liliya Zhornikovi (pianists, Ukraine)

at 03:30 p.m. | Trav­el to the Tryp­il­lia cul­ture

Olesya Loub­ser, UAZA Vice-Pres­i­dent of eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment

at 04:00 p.m. | Explore Ukraine through the art

Tatiana Hurn, Ukrain­ian-born artist who cur­rent­ly lives in Lam­berts Bay, South Africa 

Olexan­dr Niki­tyuk, man­ag­er of con­tem­po­rary art, cura­tor, artist, founder and chair­man of the board of the region­al pub­lic orga­ni­za­tion “Lab­o­ra­to­ry of Con­tem­po­rary Art”, Ukraine.

at 04:30 p.m. | Learn about tra­di­tion­al Ukrain­ian neck­lace

Tetyana Vat­senko, mas­ter of folk art.

Organ­ised by the Ukrain­ian Asso­ci­a­tion of South Africa with the sup­port of the Embassy of Ukraine to the Repub­lic of South Africa! 

Our infor­ma­tion­al part­ners the Ukrain­ian Online Fest, the Taste of Bel­gium Mar­ket and Kyiv Nation­al Aca­d­e­m­ic Operetta’s The­atre.

The Fes­ti­val will bring togeth­er fas­ci­nat­ing Ukrain­ian artists from all over the world to cel­e­brate our cul­ture togeth­er! 

Dzvin­ka Kachur, Pres­i­dent of the Ukrain­ian Asso­ci­a­tion of South Africa (UAZA), and Svit­lana Sheremet, UAZA Vice-Pres­i­dent of Cul­ture Projects, will co-host the Fes­ti­val. Through sto­ries of incred­i­ble Ukraini­ans and friends, we will explore Ukrain­ian roots, tra­di­tions and mod­ern Ukraine as well. What unites Ukraini­ans in South Africa. What is the source of strength and what helps them remain Ukraini­ans no mat­ter where they may live? 

The Fes­ti­val will seek to answer these and many oth­er ques­tions. The Fes­ti­val will start on Novem­ber 12, 2020, at 3 PM  (SAST) live on Face­book page of Ukrain­ian Asso­ci­a­tion of South Africa аnd via zoom. 

Save the date and get ready to expe­ri­ence a two days of Ukrain­ian cul­ture from the com­fort and safe­ty of your home.  

If you need help, down­load the instruc­tions man­u­al that we have pre­pared: install Zoom