Ukrainian Minstrels: Why the Blind Should Sing: And the Blind Shall SingThe 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. |
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