Pärnu welcomed the festival “Ukrainian Wave”

On 2 November 2013, Pärnu hosted the sixth festival of Ukrainian song and dance “Ukrainian Wave”, with more than 100 participants. Creative groups came to Pärnu from Oisu, Rakvere, Sillamäe, Tallinn, Tapa, Tartu, Paldiski and other towns.

The founder of the festival Nina Sushko and festival director Liudmyla Fainitska addressed those present at the opening with warm words of thanks.

The organisers and participants were greeted by the Second Secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine in Estonia, Liudmyla Andriienko, and the President of the Association of Ukrainian Organisations in Estonia, Volodymyr Palamar.

The Association was represented at the festival by the groups “Barvinok”, “Divchata”, the studio “Kobzaryk” (Pärnu), the choir “Zhuravushka”, the trio “Kumasi” (Tapa), the choreographic ensemble “Kolor”, the choir “Ukraina” (artistic director Stanislav Sheliakhovskyi) and the vocal ensemble “Susidky”. Cossacks of the Ukrainian Registered Cossacks in Estonia also came to the festival.

The Russian dance group “Sudarshki” (artistic directors Natalia and Viacheslav Fomichov) delighted the audience with a Ukrainian dance.

The festival ended with the song “Ukraina-vyshyvanka”, performed together by all participants.

Afterwards, in the hall of the youth centre, the guests talked for a long time with the festival hosts. Music played and energetic dances swirled. Wishes were expressed to strengthen relations between Ukrainian communities, and thanks were given for the warm welcome of the festival guests.

Volodymyr Yatsenko
Press service of the Ukrainian Registered Cossacks in Estonia, November 2013.