Ukrainians celebrate traditional Masnytsia holiday in Kyiv

(17 Mar 2024)
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Kyiv - 16 March 2024
1. Various of traditional folk performers singing, dancing and playing instruments onstage
2. Wide of audience watching performance and filming on phones
3. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Melnyk Taras, musician:
"We are at a holiday. This is folklore holiday, called Masnytsia or another name, Kolodia. It's a celebration of the arrival of spring. It's a holiday when people gather to see off winter and welcome spring. People come together to call for spring to arrive sooner. It's a traditional Ukrainian women's holiday."
4. Wide of festival venue, food court
5. Various of folk performers dancing
6. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Daria, 21, actor/student (right); Daria, 19, director/student (left); Pavlo, choreographer/student (centre):
"Why is it called Masnytsia? Because during this time of year, we ate all the fatty foods with butter, with cheese. Food was not lean, but specifically fatty."
7. Meat cooking on barbecue
8. Woman receiving food
9. People buying food from vendor
10. Young girl eating
11. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Daria, 21, actor/student (right); Daria, 19, director/student (left); Pavlo, choreographer/student (centre):
"Varenyky is our traditional dish for Masnytsia. It was the Soviet authorities who imposed pancakes on us because that's how they eat in the aggressor country. Our celebration differs greatly from the Russian Maslenitsa."
12. Menu board with various types of varenyky (big dumplings)
13. Various of varenyky foods on plates
14. Wide of actors on stilts
15. Natalia singing
16. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Natalia, 59, works at Nikopol Metal Plant:
"I came from the city of Nikopol, where there are explosions every day, and people die there. And the city of Kyiv sheltered my loved ones, my four dearest hearts, and I am visiting them now. And I happened to be at this wonderful holiday. A huge thank you to Kyiv, a huge thank you to the organisers of this celebration. Let there be peace, we all strive for it. And I wish happy holidays to everyone, wish you spring and victory be ours."
17. Various of children playing in ball pit
18. Children in folk costumes
19. Children walking onto stage
20. Various of children singing and dancing
21. Close of woman filming and smiling
22. Wide of audience applauding
23. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Natalia, 59, works at Nikopol Metal Plant:
"The city (Nikopol) is almost gone. The air raid siren sounds for 3-4 days. The city is crumbling, but we stand. The city works, the city stands, the city lives. We await victory."
24. Young girl sitting on a cow made from straw
25. Straw folk figure called Didukh
26. Young girl sitting on a cow made from straw
27. Various of man holding young child
28. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Serhii, 44, soldier:
"I was injured near Avdiivka. I was undergoing treatment, and now I've been given rehabilitation and 30 days of vacation. Soon I'll be going through a military examination and then back to my comrades to help them continue achieving victory, to win as quickly as possible."
29. Serhii's injured leg covered with brace
30. Close of patch with flag of Ukraine on Serhii's shoulder
31. Soldier taking photo and smiling
32. Soldier showing photo to young man
33. Soldier
34. Wide of soldier with pushchair
35. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Serhii, 44, soldier:
36. Wide of Serhii and his family walking away
STORYLINE:
Ukrainians took to the streets of Kyiv on Saturday to celebrate the traditional folk festival known as Masnytsia.
According to pagan customs, the holiday marks the farewell of winter and the welcoming of spring.
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