How Embroidered Shirts Became Cool Again: Maria Kvitka on Ukrainian Folklore, Museums, and Identity

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Don't Push the Horses

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Tetiana Burianova, a Ukrainian producer, and Tim McDonnell, an American journalist, are friends and colleagues who work hard and party harder together in Kyiv. Join them, and a rotating cast of characters from the heart of Kyiv’s cultural scene, for a series of moving, funny, and insightful conversations about what life in the city during wartime is really like.

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How Embroidered Shirts Became Cool Again: Maria Kvitka on Ukrainian Folklore, Museums, and Identity

Don't Push the Horses

39 minutes 20 seconds

1 month ago

How Embroidered Shirts Became Cool Again: Maria Kvitka on Ukrainian Folklore, Museums, and Identity

Tanya celebrates a birthday, and Tim gets schooled on Ukrainian birthday traditions. Then, badass folklorist and musician Maria Kvitka explains what’s wrong with Ukrainian museums, what it took to make traditional embroidered shirts cool, and why some young Ukrainians are still afraid to stop speaking Russian.

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