Join the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Carpatho-Rusyn Society for

Carpatho-Rusyn Folklore in Subcarpathian Ukraine: Witches, Wizards, and Wolves

Professor Elena Boudovskaia will discuss folk stories and beliefs of Rusyns from villages in Zakarpats’ka Oblast’ of Ukraine, where she did field work for a number of years recording folklore. The authentic stories will be shown and discussed against the background of rural life in these places, which has not significantly changed since the times your ancestors moved from there to the US. Since the language and beliefs they brought here were forgotten in the second generation, it might be interesting for you, their descendants, to understand their world, including the magic that it was filled for them.

$20 cash admission. Hot food and beverages will be provided.

When: October 19, 2024
Where: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Byzantine Catholic Church; 1773 Woodbourne Rd., Levittown, PA 19057

Questions? Contact John Kopcha: johnkopcha@comcast.net