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Date
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Event
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MAY
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01-03/05
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Wooden Sculpture Festival. Hоrtytsa, Zaporizha
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This Festival owes its unique nature to the tools, used by the professional sculptors to create their works of art. Artists from different regions of Ukraine will be making sculptures in the style of the Zaporizha Cossaks’ historical period for three days.
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20/03-15/05
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Nikita Botanic Garden, Yalta Crimea
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More than 150 breeds of tulips are on display from the last week of March, when they start blossoming, and to mid-May.
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25/04-25/05
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Nikita Botanic Garden, Yalta, Crimea
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Show of Irises. Last week of April - end of May (depending on weather conditions, their exhibition can be started earlier or delayed for 7-10 days )
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25/04-25/05
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The N.Grishko National Botanic Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
Exhibition of the Blossoming Magnolia
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Last week of April - end of May (depending on weather conditions, their exhibition can be started earlier or delayed for 7-10 days)
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29-30/05
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Kiev City Days Festival
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Street decorations, music parades and numerous traditional music performances turn the city into an open-air stage for two days.
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JUNE
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20/06-30/08
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Nikita Botanic Garden, Yalta, Crimea
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The exhibition of the hybrids of Hemerocallis, the genus of the lily family (lat. Liliaceae) with 90 species of it will be on display.
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20/05-20/12
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Nikita Botanic Garden, Yalta, Crimea
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Collection of roses at Nikitskiy Garden is one of the best in Eastern Europe, having more than a thousand breeds. Spring Rose Show is held almost every year from the second week of May to the end of December. Depending on weather conditions, it can be started earlier or delayed for 7-10 days.
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JULY
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06/07
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Kiev. Pirogоvо. “Ivana Kupala” Festival
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Ivana Kupala Festival emerged as an amalgamation of the Christian and pagan traditions. It filled with the rites, related to the water, fire and herbs. The main feature of the Kupala night is the purifying bonfires. The people danced around them, jumped across them. Those, who are luckier at jumping, who jump higher, will have happier lives.
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20/07-25/09
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Nikita Botanic Garden, Yalta, Crimea
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There is an exposition of eland in Nikitskiy Botanic Garden, where one can enjoy seeing more than 50 breeds of it, cross-bred both in this country and abroad. The exposition will be open from the second week of July until September.
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31/07-02/08
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Lviv region, Svirzh Village, Svirzh World Music Festival
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The international festival of the world cultures will take place on the territory of the old castle dated 1482 amidst amazing mountains and beautiful landscapes. People of different nationalities will show national dances, singing talent, theatrical performances and handicraft wares.
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AUGUST
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01-02/08
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Kiev, Pirogovo village, Day of Carver and Weaver
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Folk craftsmen will present their hand-made goods – carved articles and woven cloth possible to purchase at the fair and will show master class in handicraft.
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19-23/08
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Poltava region Sorochinski village
National Sorochinskiy Fair
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Sorochinskiy Fair is the biggest national week-long trade fair held annually near the city of Poltava in August – harvest time. It makes every visitor familiar with old Ukrainian craft traditions, represents modern Ukrainian producers, is abundant cultural and folk-art program this year multiplied by festive celebration of Gogol’s 200th anniversary, who was a famous writer.
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20-23/08
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Kyiv city
Pyrogovo village
Smith’s Day
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Folk craftsmen will present their talent in smith craft and all quests will have possibility to buy some items and take part in master class.
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20-22/08
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Kamenetz-Podilskiy city
І International Historical Festival “The Last Capital”
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The festival named “The last capital of Ukraine’s People Republic” will represent heroic events of establishment of Ukrainian State at the beginning of the 20th century. The historic atmosphere will be reproduced through reconstruction of military groups, military parade, consecration of the monument to Symon Petlura, art exhibitions, theatrical performances etc.
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24/08
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Kyiv city
Independence Day
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Great celebration of the 18th anniversary of Independence of Ukraine with street theatre plays, art show and grandiose holiday concert.
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30/08
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International Hutsul Festival, Vyzhnytsa, Chernovitsy Region
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The mission of the Festival is to contribute to the development and popularization of the traditional arts, crafts, customs and ceremonies of the ethnic Hutsul group of Ukrainians. It aims at raising the social and artistic status of the authentic local folklore, discover original artistic groups and individual artists and artisans.
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SEPTEMBER
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01-04/09
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Kamyanets’-Podilsky town
V International military-historic festival “TERRA-HEROICA”
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Terra Heroica is one of the largest thematic military historic festival in East Europe. Visitors can see real army camp and way of army life in 17th century. Mental aura will be added by the festival of organ music and choral singing «Flos in lapide»
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05-06/09
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Kyiv city
Pyrogovo village
Autumn fair
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Great holiday of harvest, folk festival, Ukrainian cuisine, exhibition of product of folk craftsmen etc
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05-07/09
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Dilove village
Rakhiv district, Zakarpatsky region
Ethno-festival “Hutsul’s turnip” and “Hutsul’s brynzha”
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Traditional ethno-festival of village and agro-tourism “Hutsul’s turnip” will be held near the sign “Geographical center of Europe”. Festival program include cooking and treating of potatoes dishes. One should taste home-made drinks. There are will be a lot of master-classes, for example in cooking, carving, weaving, embroidery, pottery etc.
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26-27/09
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Lviv city
Holiday of coffee
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During the festival every person can have a tour on Lviv’s coffee house, which take part in the festival and taste the coffee of exclusive sorts and recipes. It is also planned the contest of coffee houses and trade exhibition of coffee crockery, competition of waiters and barmen, street theatre shows, jazz concert, and also retro concert.
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OCTOBER
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13/10
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Kyiv city
Pyrogovo village
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Intercession of the Holy Virgin holiday
Within the holiday program one can see festal liturgy, performances of folklore-ethnographic bands, kobza-players, trade exhibition of folk masters and professional artists
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20/10-15/11
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Nikita Botanic Garden, Yalta, Crimea
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Garden chrysanthemum is one of oldest plants used for the decorative purposes since ancient times. Its birthplace are considered to be China and Japan, where it was grown yet 2500 years ago. One can enjoy the beauty of this flower from the second half of October to mid-November.
The Ball of Chrysanthemums is very popular among visitors of Yalta from the middle of October.
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NOVEMBER
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06-08/11
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Novopetrivtsi village or motor track of Pirogovo village
Festival “Dayosh Kyiv! Year 1943th”
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The actual defensive capacity of the USSR and the offensive potential of Germany of the 2d World War period will be demonstrated at the festival. There will also be replayed a fragment of the 1943 battle for the liberation of Kiev.
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DECEMBER
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07/12-15/02
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International art festival “Ukrainian Christmas”
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During this folk-party guests are able to observe the charming world of Ukrainian ceremonies, to listen Ukrainian sacred music, to taste Ukrainian borsch and varenyky etc.
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