Ukraine: Folk Music and Dancing in Kyiv on New Years 2005

here is a bit of footage of people dancing to folk music from the new year's eve/day celebrations in kyiv in 2005.

the first minute actually is footage of people dancing not to folk music but to some folk-pop, and their dancing isn't traditional.

however, the last few minutes provide some fabulous footage of mostly middle- to senior-aged people singing along with and/or doing real folk dancing to musicians playing on the street. where are all the young people? do they no longer want to remember their folk dances?

another note: this is from new year's 2005. the orange revolution had just succeeded in overturning the fraudulent elections and there was great hope that much would change with yushchenko as president. i mention this as a reminder of the work that is still yet to be done in ukraine.

to see more footage of events on new year's eve and day 2005, go to my blog at http://dykun.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-year-eve-2005-in-kyiv-ukraine_02.html. there is a 20 minue clip there with footage of: saakashvili, yushchenko, tymoshenko, and moroz all speaking on independence square, followed by oleksandr ponomarov singing the national anthem. then there is footage of green jolly performing their song that became the anthem of the orange revolution (i.e., "razom nas bahato, nas ne podylaty (together we are many, we won't be overcome)" and after them is footage of the superstar group tartak rocking the crowd. then comes some footage of the tent camp and the folk dancing you have already seen here.

enjoy!

z novym rokom!

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[mrskyline911]

go UKRAINE

[YKRAIHA]

SLAVA UKRAJINA ,

[SnowFox1999]

Don has a smooth step, Indep. Square lookt icy lol.

[unomnacajit11]

Do you mean the TEMPORARY state of Ukraine??? All of its neighbours just wait for a reason to brak this fake artificial state... RUSKYS BACK TO SIBERIA!!!

[CossackOfUkraine]

хм... от були часи... ))))

[basswood100]

Wspaniale ! Szczególnie od 3.23 ...

[hycyl]

Все що було здобуто Ющенком у напрямку розвитку духовності, почуття гідності, що ти українець, відновлення української культури та правдивої історії - знищено прокремлівським кишеньковим урядом Януковича, Табачника і їм подібними яничарами...

БУДЬТЕ ВИ ПРОКЛЯТІ!!!

[rusgreek]

@olenaostrovska1 no, Yushenko's pocket.

[ameliuca]

Mr Yanukovychs team is pressing ahead with plans for his inauguration on 25 February. By this time next week Ukraine will have a twice-convicted criminal for president

[olenaostrovska1]

America gived a lot of money to Ukraine!!! Where all this money go? to Timochenko poket????

[OJIEKCAxUA]

Так, у той час і справді був дуже сильний підйом національної ідеї...

Шкода тільки, що цим скористались не достойні люди, аби дорватись до влади :(