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The Bandura - Ukraine's National Instrument
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The bandura and the kobzari - those wandering bandura players - were important carries of Ukrainian oral history and culture. How did the bandura evolve to become the national instrument of Ukraine and where did those kobzari come from? Why were they important in Ukraine's historical memory of the Cossacks and why were they deemed such a treat to the Soviet Union? And how did the bandura find it's voice again in the Diaspora? Find out all of this and more on this episode!
Facebook & Instagram: Wanderedgeukraine
For more episodes, sources and extras, please visit: wanderingtheedge.net
77 episodes
Manage episode 372823194 series 3284458
The bandura and the kobzari - those wandering bandura players - were important carries of Ukrainian oral history and culture. How did the bandura evolve to become the national instrument of Ukraine and where did those kobzari come from? Why were they important in Ukraine's historical memory of the Cossacks and why were they deemed such a treat to the Soviet Union? And how did the bandura find it's voice again in the Diaspora? Find out all of this and more on this episode!
Facebook & Instagram: Wanderedgeukraine
For more episodes, sources and extras, please visit: wanderingtheedge.net
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