Ukrainian Cossack songs of Dnipropetrovsk region

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Ukrainian Cossack songs of Dnipropetrovsk region are traditional epic and historical folk songs that preserve the memory, values, and oral history of the Cossack era in central-eastern Ukraine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intangible cultural heritage
oral tradition
traditional folk songs
associatedWith Cossacks
surface form: Zaporozhian Cossacks

steppe frontier culture
country Ukraine
culturalSignificance preservation of historical memory
preservation of oral history
strengthening regional identity
transmission of Cossack values
genre epic song
historical song
hasPart Cossack dumas
historical ballads
lyrical Cossack songs
hasQuality archaic musical style
free rhythm
improvisational elements
melismatic singing
narrative
oral
solo-choral alternation
heritageDesignation element of regional intangible cultural heritage of Ukraine
language Ukrainian
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity central-eastern Ukraine
mainSubject Cossack era
Cossacks
defense of the homeland
heroic deeds
military campaigns
relations with neighboring peoples
social life of Cossacks
struggle for freedom
partOf Ukrainian Cossack songs
performedBy bandurists
kobzars
rural singers
performedOn calendar-ritual holidays
commemorative events
family gatherings
preservationMethod archival documentation
educational programs
field recordings
region Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
surface form: Dnipropetrovsk region
threat decline of traditional bearers
timePeriod Cossack era
transmission intergenerational oral transmission
typicalInstrument bandura
kobza
lira (hurdy-gurdy)
unaccompanied voice

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Ukrainians UNESCOIntangibleHeritage Ukrainian Cossack songs of Dnipropetrovsk region