Many of you asked for more information about the 1st Forum of French-Ukrainian Associations that took place in Paris in the end of January... Finally, here are some pictures & videos of this event!
It was an incredible day and a great experience. Within a few hours, more than 100 people visited Okean Elzy France's stand! I've talked the whole day about Okean Elzy's music and about my passion for Ukrainian culture... Honestly, I never expected that I would be so warmly received! :)
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| Okean Elzy, music, Ukraine... I could go for hours on this! Photo: © Alina Wolf |
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| Waiting for the 1st visitors... Photo: © OEFrance |
From 11.00 am to 5.00pm, we received visitors throughout the day...
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| Photo: © Alina Wolf |
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| Photo: © OEFrance |
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| Photo: © OEFrance |
Children had the opportunity to learn more about Pysanka, the traditional Ukrainian folk art of decorating Easter eggs...
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| Photo: © Alina Wolf |
And visitors enjoyed tasting Ukrainian traditional dishes...
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| Photo: © Alina Wolf |
But what would be an Ukrainian party without music?... :)
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| Photo: © Alina Wolf |
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| Photo: © Alina Wolf |
Visitors enjoyed listening to the performances of the "Ukrainian choir of St.Volodymyr":
And I had the pleasure to meet Mebo Nutsubidze (also known as Mebo Renard), a Georgian singer who lives in Paris and who was semifinalist of the reality singing competition "The Voice Ukraine" in 2015...
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| Photo: © Mebo Renard |
Did you know that he was coached and supported by Svyatoslav Vakarchuk? :) I'm so happy that he accepted my invitation to participate in this Forum!
And what a pleasure to listen to him when he sings this nice Ukrainian folk song!
What a day! :)
Because such 'intercultural meetings' have to be experienced 'from within' :) here is a video (in French & Ukrainian) that I'd like to share with you:
Thanks to all of you for making this event a success! Дякую! :)
