Author: Natalie O. Kononenko
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317453131
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The blind mendicant in Ukrainian folk tradition is a little-known social order, but an important one. The singers of Ukrainian epics, these minstrels were organized into professional guilds that set standards for training and performance. Repressed during the Stalin era, this is their story.