The cultural and artistic ethno-event “We glorify Kolodiia - We meet spring!” took place in the “Lialyna Svitlytsia” ethnic estate in Opishnia, Poltava region. The moderator of the action was an ethnologist, a leading popularizer of Ukrainian traditional culture of Poltava and Slobozhanshchyna, the founder of the EthnoEducational Center-Museum “Lialyna Svitlytsia”, a senior researcher at the  Department of Historical Ethnology of the Institute of Ethnology of NAS of Ukraine (Lviv), Doctor of Historical Sciences Olena Shcherban. Oksana Savchenko, the Head of the Subdivision of Philological Studies of Kremenchuk Flight College of Kharkiv National University of Fine Arts, joined the cultural and artistic ethno-event, who together with the participants of the action received an incredibly interesting, with Ukrainian traditions and customs, unique experience in celebrating the ancient Slavic holiday in honor of the spring awakening of nature.
The representative of the college is grateful for the revival of ancient traditions, for a unique opportunity that transports us to the past and brings us back to the present with the acquired original, wise knowledge and traditions from our ancestors. Oksana Savchenko will use the experience gained to preserve folk traditions, customs and culture to prepare, organize and hold cultural and artistic events, teaching students to preserve, love and respect the Ukrainian past. Let’s appreciate what we inherited from our ancestors and promote our own – Ukrainian!

Kremenchuk Flight College of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs