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Ukrainian Festival
Sep. 8th, 2007 05:22 pmWe went to the Ukrainian festival at St. Andrews church today. I had gwumpky (called holubtsi in Ukrainian), Tim had Periogis (valenyky in Ukrainian) and Emily ordered the borscht at the food tent. I had been craving gwumpky, so I was very happy.
There were quite a few speeches to open the festival (Including the Ukrainian ambassador) then ... the dancing. Excellent dancing. There was an adult company from New York and a children's group from here. Of course, they did the "dancing on your heels". You might remember it as "Cossack dancing", but it is a wider tradition than that. Both sets danced a pryvet (Hello and welcome) with bread and salt in the women's (or girls') baskets. They were going to do pairs of dances all afternoon, but between sets of music and other things.
Unfortunately, we were rear-ended at a confusing light on the way home. Emily and Tim are just fine, but I will be soaking in a hot bath to relieve my neck pain. I was turning my head to *yell* at Tim, who was driving, so my head wasn't straight. And I feel guilty for panicking.
There were quite a few speeches to open the festival (Including the Ukrainian ambassador) then ... the dancing. Excellent dancing. There was an adult company from New York and a children's group from here. Of course, they did the "dancing on your heels". You might remember it as "Cossack dancing", but it is a wider tradition than that. Both sets danced a pryvet (Hello and welcome) with bread and salt in the women's (or girls') baskets. They were going to do pairs of dances all afternoon, but between sets of music and other things.
Unfortunately, we were rear-ended at a confusing light on the way home. Emily and Tim are just fine, but I will be soaking in a hot bath to relieve my neck pain. I was turning my head to *yell* at Tim, who was driving, so my head wasn't straight. And I feel guilty for panicking.
