lirnyks

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Lirnyks were traditional Ukrainian blind itinerant musicians who accompanied epic songs and spiritual verses on the lira (hurdy-gurdy).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blind musicians
folk musicians
itinerant musicians
traditional Ukrainian musicians
associatedWith Ukrainian epic tradition NERFINISHED
Ukrainian folk music
Ukrainian oral tradition
religious missions
country Ukraine
culturalSignificance guardians of epic narrative heritage
symbol of Ukrainian spiritual folk tradition
declineReason Soviet repression of itinerant musicians
disability blindness
language Ukrainian
mobility itinerant
musicalTechnique drone-based accompaniment
use of wheel-bowed strings
performanceContext markets
religious pilgrimages
village gatherings
performedGenre epic songs
historical epics
religious songs
spiritual verses
primaryInstrument hurdy-gurdy
lira
religiousAffiliation Eastern Christianity NERFINISHED
Ukrainian Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
repertoire moral-didactic songs
paraliturgical songs
psalms
role bearers of oral history
minstrels
performers of spiritual poetry
street performers
similarTo kobzars
socialStatus marginalized group
timePeriod 19th century
early 20th century
early modern period
training apprenticeship system

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Cossack dumas performedBy lirnyks