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OUR L IF E M O N TH LY, ‘published by Ukrainian ?ational Womens League of America Vol. XXXII FEBRUARY, 1975 No. 2 GALLERY UKRAINE: An exhibition with a purpose and positive results Gallery Ukraine, an exhibition center of Ukrainian arts, foods, folk dress and museum pieces housed on the lobby floor of New York's Statler-Hilton Hotel, was opened November 26 to members of the press and representatives of the city's museums, libraries and cultural institutions. Held in conjunction with the Golden Jubilee convention of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, the exhibit was planned to promote Ukrainian culture, to focus attention on the League's 50 years of service and accomplishments, and to make contact with American organizations which could benefit the future work of the League. From 3 to 9 p. m., visitors were welcomed at the door by a pretty young lady in Ukrainian attire bearing bread and salt on an embroidered "rushnyk". Then they continued to the registration table, where they received a press kit containing releases on Ukrainian Christmas and Easter foods and traditions, caroling, egg decoration, breads, musical instruments, a brief history and map of Ukraine, an advance story of the upcoming convention and a UNWLA brochure. In the foyer of Gallery Ukraine guests browsed through an exhibit of English-language books on Ukraine and Ukrainian topics, studied the intricacies of embroidery stitches demonstrated by Nadia Kulynycz, Halyna Kandiuk and Svetlana Nedilsky, and signed a petition calling on President Ford to intercede on behalf of Valentyn Moroz. In the main exhibition hall, visitors watched crafts demonstrations (ceramics — Slava Gerulak, wood carving — Mykhaylo Czerszniowskyj, egg decorating — Leontyna Hoshowsky), inspected musical instruments (bandura, tsymbaly, trembita), looked closely at museum artifacts (kilims, woven runners, embroidered shirts, pottery), feasted their eyes on tables of Christmas and Easter foods and Ukrainian wedding breads, applauded the high-leaping, graceful movements of a trio of "Verkhovyntsi" dancers, and listened enthralled to the sound of banduras strummed by five young musicians from New York's School of Bandura Instruction. UKRAINIAN WOMEN-HEROINES In February we commemorate the anniversaries of the tragic deaths of two Ukrainian women-heroines Olha Bassarab and Olena Teliha. Fierce defenders of their beloved country and fellow Ukrainians, they gave their young lives to perpetuate this noble idealism. Olha Bassarab died in Lviv in 1924, tortured by Polish police. By sheer brutality they tried to force her to divulge the names of members of the underground in which she was active. She expired with these words — "I will not testify". Her death was kept a secret and she was buried under a false name. However her family's relentless demands forced the true nature of her death to be made public. Olena Teliha — a writer of great sensivity and fierce determination lost her life in Kiev — the victim of a gestapo bullet. She died in the spring of her life for freedom of her chained land. We cannot measure the loss sustained by our nation for those women and thousands of others whose supreme sacrifice is a shining beacon in the stormy annals of our history. We bow our heads in deep respect, admiration and gratitude, to these women who walked among us. On hand to provide information and to invite guests to the bar for refreshments and "pyrizhky" were members of the press reception committee and a bevy of lovely lassies attired in Ukrainian historical and regional costumes and embroidered ensembles. The results? Perhaps not overwhelming, but "not a bad beginning for our first press conference", as UNWLA executive officers agreed later. • Stories (some with pictures) were carried before and after the event by the Long Island Press, Greenpoint Gazette, Ukrainian Weekly and Svoboda. • Interviews were broadcast behind the Iron Curtain by Voice of America ( with Mrs. Ivanna Rozanowsky) and by Radio Liberty (with Iryna Kurowyckyj) concerning the convention and UNWLA's work and accomplishments. • Food editors from the New York Daily News, highly impressed with the 12-course Christmas table, the Easter food basket and elaborately-decorated wedding breads, said that these displays gave them ideas for special holiday features. 24 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ, ЛЮТИЙ 1975 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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