A Visit to Ukraine
In October 2013, I.G.F.’s president, Prof. PhD Dorel Cosma, and I.G.F.’s
secretary general, Rosen Bogdanov, paid a visit to the Ukrainian Folklore
Federation, run by Mr. Zenon Kolybich. On this occasion Mr. Zenon Kolybich was
awarded the Membership Certificate, which provides him with full rights within
I.G.F. The schedule in Livov consisted in visits to cultural establishments and of
course at the seat of the host group. A series of cultural connections from various
artistic fields, as well as the extension of the collaborations with all I.G.F. member
countries were now set up. A particular meeting took place at the Art Museum
of Livov and a discussion with a deputy in the Ukrainian Parliament, Mr. Andrei
Mociarki, with whom the foundations of an ample folk event, the very first one of
the kind in Livov, were set up.
The meeting with the group run by president Zenon Kolybich within the
Livov Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy was touching and really charming.
It was another demonstration of complete valuable exercise of the Ukrainian
folklore. Mrs. Maria Kolybich and Olha accompanied I.G.F.’s delegation at all
times, providing a documented account of yesterday’s and today’s history of
Livov.
In the months to come, a complex exhibition of traditional Ukrainian folk
art is expected in Bistriţa, Romania, which will be hosted by the ‘Lion House’
Galleries, which gladly awaits all I.G.F. Federations.
