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Modern-day Ukraine is the largest country entirely within Europe, bordering Russia to the east, Moldova and Romania to the southwest, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west, Belarus to the north, and the Black Sea to the south. It's varied terrain and interaction with neighbors have defined the specific regional characteristics of Ukraine's folklore. Traditional Ukrainian music fits into one of two broad categories ritual and non-ritual. Ritual folk songs are generally older and include incantations, lamentations, calendar songs, and wedding songs. Non-ritual songs include dumy, or historical and political songs, and lyric songs of love, family life, and lullabies. This collection of 34 folk songs was recorded prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union and the subsequent independence of Ukraine in 1991. Album Tracks 1. Overture Trembitas with Folk Orchestra - Trembita Players and Folk Orchestra of the Ivano Frankivske Region 2. In the Mountain the Peacocks Parade - Folk Ensemble of Ivanivka Village in the Yarmolyntsi District of the Khmelnitski Region 3. Vesnianka Spring Song - Folk Ensemble of Stariy Koni Village in the Zaretnianski District of the Rivne Region 4. Vesnianka Spring Song - Folk Ensemble of Vovtitsi Village in the Zaretnianski District of the Rivne Region, Solo Pelageia Kovtunovitch 5. Vesnianka Oh, on the Mountain - Folk Ensemble of Krasylivka Village, Zhytomyr Region 6. Vesnianka The Herdsman - Folk Ensemble of Stariy Koni Village in the Zaretnianski District of the Rivne Region 7. Medley of Carpathian Melodies Vinotchok - J. Pavliuk, V. Lliuk, M. Maximiuk 8. We Are Going to Decorate a Shrub - Dominika Tchekun 9. On the River Near the Willow Tree - Folk Ensemble of Ivanivka Village in the Yarmolyntsi District of the Khmelnitski Region 10. Today Is the Festival of St. Peter - Folk Ensemble of Lipniki Village in the Kugi
