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   Tymur Yarosh (tyarosh@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2023 20:38:22 JST Tymur Yarosh

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   @firefly Approximately 100 years ago, Ukraine toured with this song across the West to get some support in the war against russia. West didn't provide the help Ukraine needed, and for the next 80 years, we were occupied by russia.

   It's 2023, a new russian invasion is going on, and we’re desperately asking Western democracies for help again.

   BTW, russians murdered the composer of this song in 1921.

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     Robin (firefly@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2023 20:38:25 JST Robin

     One of my favorite holiday songs has alway been “Carol of the Bells.” It has such a different tone than all the others.

     It was only today that I learned that a Ukrainian composer wrote the music in 1916, and that the original lyrics had nothing to do with Christmas. The song was titled “Shchedryk” which means ‘bountiful evening’ in Ukrainian. It tells the story of a swallow flying into a family’s home to tell of the bountiful new year to come.

     The Ukrainian version is so beautiful. YouTube version attached if you care to listen.

     https://youtu.be/0UmvUy1LziE?feature=shared

     #Music #Ukraine #NewYear

     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) repeated this.