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Interview with Ukrainian egg decorator Sophia Moskaluk

Type:

Sound

Date:

03/22/1985

Item:

Audio recording

Container:

23

Series:

S1576

Item ID:

C87-1 - C87-2

Event Name

Collector or Fieldworker

Tradition Bearer

Genre or Occupation

Ethnicity or Nationality

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Corporate or Conference Name

Subject

General Note/Comment

  • Two audio cassettes. Sophia Moskaluk, Ukrainian egg decorator and embroiderer, describes her family background; mistreatment of her father and stepfather in the Ukraine and Europe; migrating to the United States; developing Ukrainian community in Tampa; coming to terms with her cultural heritage; the art of pysanky (Ukrainian egg decorating); preserving Ukrainian culture in the United States; St. Petersburg International Folk Fair events; describes political views among Ukrainian immigrants; compares egg decorating and regionalism in the Ukraine and the United States; discusses the use of the article "the" before "Ukraine"; the art of embroidery.

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