The Ukrainian Vertep – Nativity Performance: On the Question of Incorporating the Christmas / Koliada Celebrations into the National Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine
| dc.contributor.author | Sendetskyy, Andriy | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-22T04:54:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-06-22T04:54:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this article I review the current status and forms of the Ukrainian vertep (вертеп, nativity performance). The overview is based on my field recordings and historical materials of numerous researchers. I use historical and comparative approaches. Three traditional forms of vertep are practiced today in Ukraine: a dramatic skit of a theatrical group of actors; a choral performance of Christmas and New Year’s carols with a “Bethlehem star”; and a representative nativity scene with a cave or manger called betleiem or shopka, featuring puppet figures of biblical characters. Depending on the form of the performance and the ethnographic region, a variety of scenarios, carol repertoire, and characters can be seen in vertep presentations. This folk-artistic tribute to Christmas in Ukrainian culture merits retention, safeguarding, study, and popularization in the world as an element of intangible cultural heritage. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1481-5974 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://lib.artcenter.org.ua/handle/123456789/159 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.7202/1111899ar | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Association Canadienne d’Ethnologie et de Folklore | |
| dc.title | The Ukrainian Vertep – Nativity Performance: On the Question of Incorporating the Christmas / Koliada Celebrations into the National Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine | |
| dc.type | Article |