UKRAINIAN DAYS AT DE HOGE VELUWE NATIONAL PARK
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 28TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF UKRAINE

Market
✓ Country market fair of the local products and groceries from Ukrainian manufacturers and farmers
✓ Delicious Ukrainian cuisine (borsch, varenyki, Crimean Tatar dishes etc)
✓ Ukrainian handicrafts (embroidery, pottery, wooden toys and much more)

Workshops and live performances

Masters of folk art will show and teach the traditional way of:
✓ making carpets and serviettes on the antique weaving machine
✓ carving wooden toys by traditional craftsmen
✓ making hand-made clay pottery on a real pottery wheel
✓ weaving a fresh flower/herbs wreath
✓ woodblock printing on textile

Fashion show ‘The voice of nature’
✓ Experimental performance showcasing Ukrainian contemporary artisan ethnic fashion and textiles

Music
✓ Unique Ukrainian songs by Dutch Lysenko Choir and Vocal group ‘Chervoni Korali’
✓ Fascinating folk songs and flaming Cossacks dances by Dutch folk group ‘Rusalka’ from Hengelo
✓ Special guest Veronika Morska, a young gifted winner of the TV show “Ukraine’s got talent 2017” and finalist of the Ukrainian music talent show “The Voice of Kids 2019”

Cinema
✓ ‘Design Expedition ‘Land inspires’’ documentary about traditional Ukrainian crafts
✓ ‘In Spring’ (1929) experimental poetic documentary about Kiev, the city lyrically infused with the metamorphoses of nature
✓ ‘Cossacks play football’ kids animation series
✓ Other short films featuring Ukraine

Children
Program for kids including presentation of the Project ‘The Book of Kindness’ and other exciting activities for children

Photo exhibitions
✓ Open air photo exhibition ‘Landscape of Oscillation’ a curated storyline of images showing various perspectives on Ukrainian landscapes
✓ Indoor photo exhibition ‘Capri blue/ Traffic yellow’ by Olga Permiakova

In the framework of the event the newly established OpenDoorUkraine.NL Foundation will organize a Humanitarian table and a Business café
(in case of the interest, please, contact [email protected])

Join us to experience Ukrainian hospitality and enjoy a cozy atmosphere of the Ukrainian days in one of the largest nature reserves in the Netherlands
De Hoge Veluwe!