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  • @atlasobscura
    @atlasobscura  5 років тому +52

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    • @petrasanton3726
      @petrasanton3726 2 роки тому

      I wonder if the collection of this songs was uploaded anywhere. I was unable to find it and would be grateful if you'd leave a link to the collection, if it was published.

  • @janeymckay1966
    @janeymckay1966 2 роки тому +56

    So prophetic that you recorded this music. You may have helped save Ukraines culture.

    • @nigelbilsby3826
      @nigelbilsby3826 Рік тому +2

      Also because of the war in Ukraine, the songs need to be saved!

    • @Sasha-Sabelnikov
      @Sasha-Sabelnikov 9 місяців тому +5

      @@nigelbilsby3826 a lot of people in Ukraine nowadays would change melodies, would change harmonies and then would say that this was our heritage and our music. The ones you've recorded are the exact melodies and vibes I still remember from my childhood while staying in my grandmother's village.
      So (in a sense) we need to have these saved from some Ukrainians as well.

    • @JSLEnterprises
      @JSLEnterprises 8 місяців тому +1

      But its not just Ukraine's culture, Its slavic culture. Ukraine is but one of many Ethnic groups of Slavs, which all sing the White Voice.

    • @Sasha-Sabelnikov
      @Sasha-Sabelnikov 8 місяців тому +5

      @@JSLEnterprises it’s Ukrainian, I confirm: the same songs sang my grandmother with her sisters and their older relatives. I was very young then, but i remember it perfectly. Technic may vary but the same harmonies and the same melodies.

    • @DdN444k7Pa
      @DdN444k7Pa Місяць тому

      @@nigelbilsby3826 not first and not last war and some songs Ukraine from prechristianic times

  • @gafisher001
    @gafisher001 5 років тому +149

    I had the privilege of spending some time teaching in Ukraine, and fell in love with the people. They seem, at least those I encountered, to have a natural ability and inclination to sing beautifully, and most showed a talent for drawing and painting which many of us would study for years to acquire. Sadly, the country is rapidly losing its innocence and, with it, much of its soul seems to be fading. Bravo for the effort to preserve at least the memory.

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  5 років тому +5

      Thanks for sharing, Gary-where'd you end up teaching?

    • @johnogle1816
      @johnogle1816 3 роки тому +5

      I had only a month there. But would like to go back. After the virus is contained.
      I also fell in love with the country and the people.
      From New Zealand.

    • @panikrull
      @panikrull 2 місяці тому

      Unfortunately, hwat you are saying is truth

  • @melissab3217
    @melissab3217 9 місяців тому +6

    Hearing this feels like electricity through the body, and I can't help but cry from the emotion. Not sad tears, just pure emotion from this beautiful music.

  • @camillastacey4674
    @camillastacey4674 5 років тому +91

    Last week I feel in love with a woman who made tiny versions of giant versions of small things, this week I fall in love with singing Ukrainian grannies

  • @freakifications
    @freakifications 5 років тому +114

    This is incredible. Some heroes wear capes, some have recorders. Kudos to you, sir. Keep up the good work!

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  5 років тому +5

      We'll pass along the compliments - thank you for watching! :)

    • @TrueBlueCat
      @TrueBlueCat 5 років тому +3

      @ s
      and some heros wear Babushkas 😄

    • @potcrock3562
      @potcrock3562 4 роки тому

      @@TrueBlueCat hahaha

  • @jwbarnhartmusic
    @jwbarnhartmusic 5 років тому +72

    To lose one’s past is to lose one’s connection to the earth. Please don’t forget your music and dance. Most of us have and we are lessor people due to having lost it. Ask your grandparents for stories of the past. The older generation has so much to give.

  • @nametry3
    @nametry3 2 роки тому +29

    I don't know how these ladies do it, but they bring me to the verge of tears, even though I don't understand Ukrainian. Their music is so powerful, thank you for sharing it

  • @stephss
    @stephss 2 роки тому +30

    Sometimes, we forget the value of the things we take for granted. This was bitter sweet. My heart goes out to the Ukrainian people, and thank you for recording this. I hope it will help heal, once the conflict is over. Sending love from Canada. 💌

  • @virghammer1
    @virghammer1 2 роки тому +16

    Thank you SO much! This is PRICELESS. Live, Ukraine! We are behind you. You are so awe-inspiring, during this invasion horror. What COURAGE.
    These precious people, these wonderful ladies!
    And bless Miklos Both. (Wow, his English is terrific!) WE LOVE YOU, UKRAINE!

  • @olivianicoloff2998
    @olivianicoloff2998 5 років тому +64

    brought me to tears, thank you for archiving these beautiful traditions i never had the chance of sharing with my family over there. missing my baba even more than i usually do

  • @natalieturko4808
    @natalieturko4808 10 місяців тому +2

    This is a unique sound which I wouldn't even know how to duplicate, but is part of Ukrainian tradition which makes it so special and worthy of preservation. The multiple harmonies that the singers just naturally fall into, are raw and haunting.

  • @1969monksey
    @1969monksey 2 роки тому +17

    The world is still the same , when you have nothing you try too cheer yourselves up , singing , Ireland 🇮🇪 has the same a history of songs 😍 what a wonderful thing you are doing ❤️

    • @nata-k6t
      @nata-k6t 11 місяців тому +2

      indeed we share s lot in common, famine, fighting for our freedom. Btw watched recently a film cslled Belfast, a nice one

  • @Cbatkin49
    @Cbatkin49 2 роки тому +10

    This music is so beautiful. Thank you for capturing this. I pray these voices and and these villages are safe but that seems unlikely. You are right. Music is power. I send the most Earnest wishes for peace and gratitude for this work and the music...

  • @oleksiizemskov1321
    @oleksiizemskov1321 5 років тому +55

    Thank you for this amazing work. I'm from Ukraine and we really started to loose our national identity when soviet union came. And even after it. It was going till 2014 I think. Now we trying to support and develop our national traditions. And what is even more important we started to love and respect it.

    • @josephstalin9357
      @josephstalin9357 3 роки тому

      Russian empire was much more repressive to minority cultures then USSR. Most measures were before 1917

    • @lenniebaby17
      @lenniebaby17 3 роки тому +3

      @@josephstalin9357 username checks out

    • @SamuraiKai
      @SamuraiKai 2 роки тому

      I’m Ukrainian Canadian

  • @neveahbaranko7271
    @neveahbaranko7271 4 роки тому +15

    I grew up in a highly Ukrainian community in the US, and so I've always been so deeply rooted in my heritage. Every year, I have the pleasure of participating in a Ukrainian dance group. I wasn't able to this year because of COVID-19, but these songs warm my heart. Their voices are so beautiful and comforting. This is the type of music that I was wreathed to, and so it holds such a special place in my heart.

  • @martaguran5557
    @martaguran5557 5 років тому +14

    I'm blessed to still have my mama,she will be 95yrs old! She lives watching theses videos and remembering....looks just like these beautiful Baba's!!!😍

  • @rensinavandenheuvel8882
    @rensinavandenheuvel8882 2 роки тому +5

    Thank you...this is beautiful and I love your culture. The women are keeping a culture alive. Lots of love to you all from Australia. Thank you Miklos Both for creating this project

  • @erpthompsonqueen9130
    @erpthompsonqueen9130 Рік тому +3

    Thank goodness you were able to do this before the invasion.

  • @VladMachevus
    @VladMachevus 5 років тому +23

    It’s one thing seeing a bunch of OG Babushkas signing. But it’s another thing when my grandma would sign me Ukrainian folk songs when I was a kid back in Ukraine.

    • @nata-k6t
      @nata-k6t 11 місяців тому +3

      they are called babusi, in Ukrainian, babushka- is russian

  • @ZhovtoBlakytniy
    @ZhovtoBlakytniy 7 місяців тому +1

    Polyphonic singing grannies of Ukraine, rejoice! My children love this style so much and learn the folk songs. My almost 2 year old son insists on listening to them to relax (he tries to sing and does a wiggle dance to indicate this), thank you for putting them on the Internet for us young folks ❤❤❤

  • @13xxamberxx
    @13xxamberxx 3 роки тому +7

    What wonderful women. They are saving my culture.

  • @nicoladavies4499
    @nicoladavies4499 5 років тому +9

    Great project, for all the reasons given in the commentary. Important for young people to learn their own songs and also the folk traditions of other countries to encourage mutual respect and connection.

  • @debbieomi
    @debbieomi 5 років тому +7

    I love this sooooooo much! We have to preserve this important history and expose the young folks beginning at a young age. My 22 year old son is just as comfortable listening to this as he would be any pop song from now, the Beach Boys, Grandpa Jones, Jethro Tull, or, really anything! I tried my best to share all of the richness of music with him.
    Thank you, Miklos, for your work!

  • @winnipeggal3230
    @winnipeggal3230 2 роки тому +4

    Reminds me of the Poplarfield town (Manitoba, Canada) concerts I attended as a child, where my Baba was a member of the ladies choir. Poplarfield is nearly a ghost town today. This video made me cry.

  • @loveofanimalsinc.visaliaca8508
    @loveofanimalsinc.visaliaca8508 2 роки тому +4

    I was born and raised in germany in the 60s snd 70s. Our area had a lot of ww2 refugees a lot of Hungarians, Slovakians and Ukrainians. One day you'd hear the Slovakian women singing together in a backyard. Another day you'd hear the ukrainian women and so on. I couldn't understand a words of any of their languages, but the sound was beautiful 😍

  • @borisbash
    @borisbash 2 роки тому +4

    What a marvellous project. I favoured Woman at War music several weeks ago as I just love this music. It is similar to Pacific Islander singing. I hope the ladies know they are much admired even from Australia.

  • @dukejivetalker7541
    @dukejivetalker7541 3 роки тому +11

    amazing Ukrainian culture has been under threat from fascists, communists and many other enemies, and yet it has persisted by the strength of Ukrainian people. Slava Ukrayini

  • @dianneredd3031
    @dianneredd3031 11 місяців тому +2

    Awesome
    I want all these songs
    Slava Ukrainska babcia !!!

  • @IncendiaHL
    @IncendiaHL Рік тому +1

    This is so unbelievably precious! Thank you!

  • @ZhenechkaMs
    @ZhenechkaMs 3 роки тому +5

    ❤️❤️ thank you for preserving our culture

  • @Goosebelldog
    @Goosebelldog 5 років тому +14

    This is so wholesome. Sending love from Sweden! 🇸🇪💕

  • @NotaCapn
    @NotaCapn 5 років тому +21

    This is such important work!

  • @kunik61
    @kunik61 4 роки тому +7

    Thank you for talking about our actual culture.

  • @danielmorgan2416
    @danielmorgan2416 2 роки тому +13

    I wish there were subtitles for the lyrics of the songs too!

    • @shwabb1
      @shwabb1 Рік тому

      There are on the project's official website, but no translation, only transliteration

  • @TheHighPriestessStudio
    @TheHighPriestessStudio 5 років тому +25

    That was beautiful. God bless them 🙏🌹

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  5 років тому +3

      It really was beautiful. Brb, trying to learn Ukrainian folk songs as we speak...

  • @DalDagor90
    @DalDagor90 4 роки тому +4

    3:36 yeah! This is the right place where to sing songs! My grandmas always sing like this)

  • @TrueBlueCat
    @TrueBlueCat 5 років тому +11

    BABAS!!!!
    My greatgrandma looked just like them 😀

  • @smsmsmsmsmsm
    @smsmsmsmsmsm 3 роки тому +4

    I love music like this. Of course the UK used to have a lot of folk music but it was mostly driven out, I would love if this type of traditional music still existed. Especially in London, where I have lived my whole life, there isn’t much traditional anything. I love our current culture of modern England but I wish there was more opportunity for us to have things like this, especially as a young person :)

  • @erpthompsonqueen9130
    @erpthompsonqueen9130 Рік тому +1

    Thank you. Watching from Alaska.

  • @smsmsmsmsmsm
    @smsmsmsmsmsm 3 роки тому +5

    Some of them have amazing powerful voices I love it

  • @Nepomniachtchi_Austin
    @Nepomniachtchi_Austin 2 роки тому +1

    That is beautfil, you are doing far more than you think you are. Cheers from the US

  • @Azety93
    @Azety93 3 роки тому +4

    It's my dream to follow you during the records. I was living in unriane from 2p24 to 2017 and I still go there every year

  • @babalon7778
    @babalon7778 5 років тому +6

    I want this to happen everywhere!

    • @MrMcNeillNZ
      @MrMcNeillNZ 3 роки тому

      What's that? All women 30 and older have to join a community choir? 😂

  • @arsenosii5961
    @arsenosii5961 4 роки тому +4

    Thanks bro from Ukraine❤ Ukraine Slavic people💙💛

  • @catnap387
    @catnap387 3 роки тому +1

    Love these ladies and their work. Precious!

  • @lauraylilly
    @lauraylilly 2 місяці тому

    How wonderful that you're able to save these songs. Perhaps someone will begin teaching them to younger people.

  • @halyna-fv7ci
    @halyna-fv7ci 9 місяців тому +1

    Thank you so much ❤

  • @Shamustodd1
    @Shamustodd1 2 роки тому +1

    So cool. I'm glad someone cares enough to not let this be lost to change.

  • @dianneredd3031
    @dianneredd3031 11 місяців тому +2

    Thank Gid you started this before the war

  • @bijujoze4043
    @bijujoze4043 2 роки тому +3

    Excellent, Love from India

  • @Poetjanstie
    @Poetjanstie 2 роки тому +12

    Such an important thing to do … recording the songs of traditional folk music, like oral histories, is the only way to preserve the true stories and legends of a region’s history. Unlike the history written by conquering empires!

  • @creatress_savanna
    @creatress_savanna Рік тому

    Beautiful work! Is there a database of songs and lyrics available somewhere?

    • @shwabb1
      @shwabb1 Рік тому

      Yes, on UA-cam and the project's website

  • @mpfeiffer7996
    @mpfeiffer7996 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for this worthy project! I've been scouring the internet for a song my didi used to sing. I believe it was about a wolf chasing a girl in the woods. I'd love to hear it again...

  • @oanatienko
    @oanatienko 3 роки тому +2

    Their cooking is Unbelievable! Oksana (me) will be there....

  • @theopaopa1
    @theopaopa1 2 місяці тому

    thank you very much !! 💯🙏

  • @belizeguy
    @belizeguy 5 років тому +8

    Very important!

  • @nicoladavies4499
    @nicoladavies4499 5 років тому +4

    Ps. Love the flower patterns of the ladies' scarves

  • @wendyryan5333
    @wendyryan5333 2 роки тому +3

    Bless these songs ❤️🙏❤️🌈

  • @HowievYT
    @HowievYT Рік тому +2

    Stand with Ukraine.

  • @trackhorse9028
    @trackhorse9028 5 років тому +7

    When old men sing, it's usually not so good. These women are clear as crystal

    • @oliverbender3764
      @oliverbender3764 5 років тому

      I guess it depends on how you control your voice, to maintain a tonal stability, and of course your voice in general, the cadence. Otherwise, men are perhaps less likely to have ever sung in a choir, or in their free-time on their own. But I wouldn't consider men in general to be less fond of singing as clearly as women, although I would normally agree with you.

    • @trackhorse9028
      @trackhorse9028 5 років тому

      @@oliverbender3764 I agree. The original recording is actually sung by older working fishermen-
      ua-cam.com/video/vBNiBUrcBQc/v-deo.html

    • @karenagreen2976
      @karenagreen2976 5 років тому

      It depends. Irish old men are awesome. Choirboy background, maybe

  • @bratdfortd
    @bratdfortd 3 роки тому +1

    omg i've been listening to these exact recordings for some time now, interesting to see them

  • @henriqueribeiro8167
    @henriqueribeiro8167 2 роки тому +2

    Man the grannies can sing!

  • @4rl0ng
    @4rl0ng 3 роки тому +3

    Damn this gave me chills

  • @bonsummers2657
    @bonsummers2657 4 роки тому +3

    I'm interested in old/traditional instrumental focused Ukrainian music

  • @Cody_Benoun
    @Cody_Benoun 2 роки тому +3

    I haven't the faintest idea what they're saying, yet I'm tearing up

  • @ethnotraveller
    @ethnotraveller 8 місяців тому +1

    Чудово

  • @animalmother5091
    @animalmother5091 5 років тому +3

    Very nice

  • @TolKOZAK
    @TolKOZAK Рік тому +1

    Молодець

  • @lakemanson8051
    @lakemanson8051 3 роки тому +2

    I am here looking for the channel that is like this! Where has it gone? i miss my songs people sang., Where did it go?

  • @Skyewalker1000
    @Skyewalker1000 2 роки тому +3

    God help the people of the Ukraine x

  • @teanfoylat
    @teanfoylat 5 років тому +8

    Link to Polyphony Project channel - ua-cam.com/channels/PSBclpJVHiU0gJ6nwtknlQ.html

  • @anna-ki5xf
    @anna-ki5xf 4 роки тому +2

    it’s beautiful

  • @juniperays
    @juniperays 5 років тому +3

    you should check out laboratorium pieśni.

  • @genes2311
    @genes2311 2 роки тому

    This is so cool 😎 Viva 🇺🇦

  • @ratibor_shevchenko
    @ratibor_shevchenko 3 роки тому +1

    Where we can hear or buy these records? I'd really like to listen to it.

  • @pallych
    @pallych 4 роки тому +4

    Why the heck is our, ukrainian people of culture dont give a damn bout our songs, our heritage and all. Even our president dont speak ukrainian, and people like Miklós is saving ukraininan heritage when OUR PEOPLE just dont care

  • @Gorg0nops
    @Gorg0nops 3 роки тому +2

    first song sounds exactly like Oy Tam Na Gory

  • @frankmoon2137
    @frankmoon2137 Рік тому +1

    Does anyone know where this archive can be found and if it's accessible to the public?

    • @neorientalist
      @neorientalist Рік тому +1

      Yes youtube.com/@PolyphonyProject-folkmusic

  • @missjess-s3d
    @missjess-s3d 3 роки тому +1

    Love it

  • @nikiTricoteuse
    @nikiTricoteuse 2 роки тому +1

    I'm only up to 0:22 and l'm already in love with these women. Sláva Ukrayíni.

  • @heroyamslava666
    @heroyamslava666 Рік тому +4

    Slava Ukraini

  • @DawnAveryArtist
    @DawnAveryArtist 2 роки тому

    Does anyone know the name of this beautiful song?

    • @shwabb1
      @shwabb1 Рік тому +1

      Туга за тугою, журба за журбою

  • @limaanzadegi5397
    @limaanzadegi5397 5 років тому +1

    LOVE

  • @SharikSobaka
    @SharikSobaka 3 роки тому +1

    I thought I was gonna listen to the songs? Where can I listen to the recordings?

    • @shwabb1
      @shwabb1 Рік тому

      UA-cam or the project's official website

  • @BreatheDJOY
    @BreatheDJOY 2 роки тому

    Blessings~ Good Music 🗝Holds 🕊Pure Truth & Kindness Matter ~ When World Fail 🎶Music Speaks ~ Thank You! Yes! ~Preserve The Music Of The Sovereign People Of All Lands ~ 🙏🏼💞🎶⚖️🕊

  • @ballygassoon
    @ballygassoon 5 років тому

    Wow !

  • @chengloki
    @chengloki 4 роки тому +1

    My Babchi passed away 30 years ago. I still miss her. This is bad, I miss babchi more than my mother. Am I a bad person??? =Stefan=

  • @iosyprudnytskyi1825
    @iosyprudnytskyi1825 3 роки тому

    PLEASE, i would be happy to listen all the songs they sang, could anyone send link or site where I can found it?

  • @tamerov2387
    @tamerov2387 4 роки тому +1

    The Babushkas seem so pure and lighthearted!

  • @gipsybulldog3286
    @gipsybulldog3286 3 роки тому

    Babuske ❤️

  • @stealtho
    @stealtho 2 роки тому +2

    hopefully theyre safe rn

  • @Kousmichoff729
    @Kousmichoff729 2 роки тому +2

    For more: www.polyphonyproject.com/en/map and ua-cam.com/users/polyphonyprojectcomplaylists

  • @Sasha-Sabelnikov
    @Sasha-Sabelnikov Рік тому

    So where can I listen to it?

    • @frederickbernas4820
      @frederickbernas4820 9 місяців тому +2

      youtube.com/@PolyphonyProject-folkmusic

    • @Sasha-Sabelnikov
      @Sasha-Sabelnikov 9 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much,@@frederickbernas4820 !
      I've been looking for my country's music everywhere. It is so beautiful. It almost exact the same to what actually my grandmother was singing when I was a little kid. Thank you so much for preserving this beauty and our legacy! God bless you!

  • @awilderstories
    @awilderstories 2 роки тому

    Many of them don't look old enough to be Grandmothers! I wonder where they are now. 😪

  • @13xxamberxx
    @13xxamberxx 2 роки тому +1

    Please do one on enthic ukrainian hairstyles... this is hard to find

  • @tomanopiteeee
    @tomanopiteeee 4 місяці тому

    can any1 tell me the name of the first folk song they sing? pls

  • @luggilu7864
    @luggilu7864 3 роки тому

    02:50 give that poor boy some water or something xD
    But jokes aside this is pretty wholesome

  • @doktorhulk
    @doktorhulk 2 місяці тому

    💖💗💙💛💓💖

  • @anna-ki5xf
    @anna-ki5xf 4 роки тому

    i want to learn how to sing these songs