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UNWLA Branch 86 Celebrates the Life and Literature of Ivan Franko by Bozhena Olshaniwsky Left to right: Ivanna Martynets, Oksana Buniak, Liana Buniak, Natalia Buniak, Luba Boyko, Natalia Zmyj, Luba Huralecliko, Maria Dacko, Taissa Turiansky On Sunday, May 21, 2006, UNWLA Branch 86 hosted a concert commemorating the life and work of Ivan Franko. Held at the Ukrainian Community Center in Irvington, New Jersey, the event focused on Franko’s value to the Ukrainian nation. Branch president Natalia Zmyj welcomed the guests and delegated introduction of the pro gram segments, which included recitations and musical interludes, to branch member Ivanna Marty nets. A portrait of Ivan Franko graced the center of the stage which was artistically and tastefully de corated by Volodymyr Maziar. The main event of the concert was a montage and a poem written by Natalia Buniak— “Life and Literary Writings of Ivan Franko”— which commemorated the 150th anniversary of Franko’s birth. As promoter, writer, and performer of this commemorative work, Natalia Buniak pre sented her treatise with depth, precision, and clarity. Participating in the montage were Oksana Buniak, Marta Dacko, and Liana Buniak whose recitations of excerpts from Franko’s poems were skillfully interwoven to complement the biographical nar rative. The theme of the montage was Ivan Franko’s dedication to Ukraine. Mrs. Buniak opened her monologue with her own poem, entitled “On the Jubilee of Ivan Franko,” in which she underscored the sacrifice of the “Great Stone- crusher” on behalf of his poor, downtrodden, enslaved Ukrainian nation, emphasizing his appeals to the youth of Ukraine to rise and defend their fatherland. An excerpt from Mrs. Buniak’s poem (in translation) illustrates Franko’s love for Ukraine: H e b elieved in the fa c t That the black, h ard bread G rown on his f a th e r ’s fie ld Was tastier than the soft, white one G row n in a foreig n field. This theme was intertwined in the fabric of Franko’s life, his writings, and his political career. It included an overview of Franko’s disappointment in socialist government, which led him to support capitalist ideology. Specifically, Franko understood and said that a state built on socialist ideology would become a burden on each person. Individual
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