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This «vesnyanka» (the spring song) was recorded by the Baba Yelka project by Nastіa Zeleńko, born in 1938, from the village of Rozumiwka, Oleksandriwka district.
Arrangement — by Max Velíczko, Kropíwnítskyj musician and composer (band Inside The Sound). Drums — Maxím Didenko • VIDEO Alexandr Majorow, Kropíwnítskyj well known photographer — https://www.facebook.com/maiorovphoto. Alexandr took part in more than 40 expeditions of the Baba Yelka Project and together with another photographer — Michael Andrews — he co-authored a travelling photo exhibition In Search of Native Song.
The music video «Mlynoczok» was shotted near the villages of Davydiwka (Golovaniwskyj district) and Rozumiwka (Oleksandriwskyj district).
Davydiwka was chosen not by chance, but because of the picturesque banks of the Jatrań [yatrañ] river and the ancient water mill, built in the early twentieth century under the owner of the local estate of rear — Admiral Alexej Abaza. The mill operated approximately from 1911 to the 1990s.
Lyska mare, which was brought to graze by Davydiwka resident Pawlo Berbega at dawn, also took part in the filming.
The village of Rozumiwka known not only for its landscapes but also for its history. Here the estate of 81-year-old Nastia Zeleńko was chosen for filming — it was from her that the members of the Baba Yelka project recorded the spring song, which YELKA rethought today.
Together with mrs Nastia the girls from Baba Yelka project and Maksím Velíczko met the dawn on the bank of the Bondar pond.
Members of the Baba Yelka project — Inna Tilnova and Svitlana Lystiuk also took part in the shooting.
The author of the skirts, in which Inna Tilnova and Svitlana Listiuk are dressed, was the master Valentína Liaszenko, who has been reproducing authentic Ukrainian clothes for many years («Stiożka» workshop).
Svitlana Listiuk's red skirt is decorated with textiles prints from the «Buriak Kuczeriavyj» (Curly Beet) Creative Workshop, and the grey one has a mystical history — the fabric for sewing it was found in the chest of Svitlana Bulanova's father-in-law, who returned from Siberia to Ukraine after his family was dekulakized.
Svetlana Bulanova's outfit is an authentic shirt and sundress (sharafan), sewn in the early twentieth century.
The girls wear traditional Ukrainian jewellery: a dukacz created by the «VidymoNevydymo» (Visible-Invisible) workshop, red ceramic necklaces, glass earrings worn by fashion mongers of the Oleksandriwskyj district in ancient times, ribbons and flowers.
YELKA strives to draw attention to our own by showing how beautiful everything connected with the native land can be. •
