Music Program, Center for Civic Engagement, and Theater & Performance and Ethnomusicology Present
Koliada and Music from the Carpathians
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Bard Hall
The Yara Arts Group, a resident theater company of La MaMa, presents “Koliada and Music from the Carpathians.” The Koliadnyky are a group of five men from the Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine who sing traditional winter songs from the village of Kryvorivnia. The event will also feature the brilliant “troista” instrumental music from the Carpathians. The Koliada is a winter ritual that now coincides with Christmas, but long pre-dates it in some parts of Eastern Europe. High in the Carpathian Mountains, Koliada is considered to be the most important event of the year. Groups of male singers visit each family and sing ancient songs that are believed to hold special powers. According to tradition spring and the harvest will not come unless the songs are sung in every household.
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Location: Bard Hall