A Christmas Parade with stars will take place in many cities across Ukraine - Gnat Korobko shared details of the project
A large-scale event will take place in many cities across Ukraine on Christmas Day – a Christmas parade with caroling stars. Next week, residents of different regions will be able to take part in a webinar on how to organise this holiday in their city. Gnat Korobko, one of the co-authors and patrons of the project, told Interfax-Ukraine about this.
"The Christmas procession with caroling stars is one of the most amazing modern Ukrainian Christmas traditions, which is a continuation of the ancient traditions of caroling and nativity scenes that come to life every year during the Christmas holidays. The tradition was established in Lviv in 2006 and has been implemented in Kyiv since 2013. We want this procession to unite communities throughout Ukraine. Therefore, we will first hold a webinar for anyone interested in creating a traditional holiday in their city. Then we will present communities in 11 cities of Ukraine with large Christmas stars created by craftsmen, which are the main symbol of the procession," - said Gnat Korobko.
He noted that the large caroling star has been one of the key attributes of Christmas celebrations in Ukraine since ancient times.
"The caroling star is one of the key symbols of the folk ritual of caroling, which takes place on Christmas Eve or on the first day of Christmas. The ritual is a special theatrical performance during which people went from house to house with songs and greeted the hosts. I am confident that the stars will help recreate the special atmosphere of a traditional Ukrainian Christmas and bring many people together, as it was in the past," - said Gnat Korobko.
The webinar "Christmas Procession with Caroling Stars" will take place on December 10 at 6:30 p.m. The registration form is available at the link.
The event is organized by the Ivan Honchar Museum, the KOLO Charitable Foundation, the Oberegi NGO, the Know Your Ukraine educational project, and Ukrainian patron Gnat Korobko.
As previously reported on the Facebook page of the project ‘Know Your Ukraine,’ teachers from all over Ukraine recently gathered in Kyiv to learn about Ukrainian Christmas traditions. After that, each teacher will organise a Christmas celebration at their school.