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More photos & videos from the 2010 Toronto Ukrainian Festival (Updated)

imageIf you didn’t get your fix from Friday’s opening day uploads, here are the rest of photos and videos from the festival:

Another successful year with some great bands and luckily very nice weather. MadHeads XL were especially a real treat to see, brought in all the way from Ukraine. Even Toronto mayoral candidate Rob Ford was seen out and about during the festival, meeting and greeting with the attendees.

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    First look at the 2010 Toronto Ukrainian Festival (Updated)

    Update: More photos & videos from the 2010 Toronto Ukrainian Festival (Updated)

    If you still haven’t gone to the Toronto Ukrainian Festival – well what are you waiting for? The weather’s great today, and Mad Heads XL came in from Kyiv to play! So be sure to come down this weekend, and in the meantime here are some clips from last night:

    Update: Pictures from the opening parade are available now too!

     

    Opening ceremonies – Ukraina School of Dance

     

    Гопак / Hopak – Ukraina School of Dance

     

    Mad Heads XL – equipment check

     

    Some musical performances

    Weekend watching: Canada’s Forgotten Internment Camps

    From the Mark News:

    Between 1914 and 1920, thousands of Canadians of Ukrainian and Eastern European descent were imprisoned in internment camps across Canada, simply on the basis of their origins. For decades, their stories were buried under fear and shame. The Canadian government has finally recognized the internment operations, and yet it remains an unknown chapter in our nation’s history.

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    Weekend watching: Holodomor testimonies

    I stumbled upon a few really good Holodomor testimonies that I thought I’d share with you. These interviews were conducted in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, and was conducted by the DNK Group and Mark Silberman.

    Olga Kamnads’ka Holodomor Testimony

    This is testimony of Holodomor survivor Olga Kamnads’ka. The Holodomor genocide occured in Ukraine in 1932-1933. Pani (Mrs.) Olga Kamnads’ka was born in 1926. She and her family left Ukraine at the time of the Holodomor in order to escape from hunger and repressions.

    Mykola Antonovich Mykolaenko Holodomor Testimony

    This is testimony of Holodomor survivor Mykola Antonovich Mykolaenko. The Holodomor genocide occured in Ukraine in 1932-1933. Pan (Mr.) Mykola Antonovich Mykolaenko was born in 1919. He is a writer and a poet, and is a member of the National Writers Union in Ukraine. He lived in Kryvy Rih at the time of the Holodomor.


    This is testimony of Holodomor survivor Grygory Oleksiyovich Simak. The Holodomor genocide occured in Ukraine in 1932-1933. Pan (Mr.) Grygory Oleksiyovich Simak was born in 1919. He is a member of the National Union of Journalists in Ukraine. He lived in the Spasske village (Dnipropetrovsk region) at the time of the Holodomor.

    Raisa Pavlovna Radchenko Holodomor testimony
    This is testimony of Holodomor survivor Raisa Pavlovna Radchenko. The Holodomor genocide occured in Ukraine in 1932-1933. Pani (Mrs.) Raisa Pavlovna Radchenko was born in 1919. She was a sciescientist and a professor. She lived in the Sukhaya Balka village at the time of the Holodomor.