About twenty percent of Ukraine’s territory is currently under russian occupation. Towns and villages have been devastated, and people have been forcibly uprooted. Some lands have been liberated since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
Frontline communities continue to endure constant danger and loss, while larger regions live under relentless daily strikes.
Left-Bank Ukraine — Central and Eastern Polissia, Slobozhanshchyna, the steppe parts of the Dnipro region, and the South — have a unique place in Ukraine’s musical landscape.
Each region, each district, and at times even a single village has developed its own unique and recognizable singing tradition. These traditions now face the risk of eradication – yet also provide a sense of continuity in a cultural space marked by displacement, devastation, and efforts to erase local memory.
Within the Endangered Songs project, we present these songs to you — offering not only their sound, but also the contexts, stories, and the meanings they take on in our time.
