Again, the meeting ...
Meetings with residents in the future - many family, friends, classmates, childhood friends ... and of course, as with the public. And all this - thanks to the wonderful holiday that has become traditional to Sambir land.

This blessed land of more than 60 years ago, took forcibly expelled from their lands of ethnic Ukrainian Lemko, Nadsyannya, Podlasie and Holm (as is our journalists learn their history and not be confused in his reports deportation of ethnic Ukrainian in 1944-1946 years. From Poland east, to Ukraine, with Action "Wisla" 1947 - Polish internal deportation of ethnic Ukrainian west Poland, the so-called land odzyskanye who withdrew her from Germany). And sixth time here at the stadium with. Upland Sambir district, Lviv region, Lemko culture festival "To you lynu, my native land." The organizers of this national art event is Sambir District Council and Administration, Ralivska Village Council and District Society "Lemko".

The festival opened its priests blessing, and was lit traditional Lemko fire. Participants welcomed the head of District Council Igor Maksymiv, first deputy chairman of RSA Igor Nestorak, chairman of the district association "Lemko" Michael Shpak.

Was intense concert program. It was attended and were not only popular local fans Lemko folk art, but also guests. Among the guests, including Lemko folk choir "Radotsyna" with Pustomyty Lviv region (leader Lubomir Hrytsevych) Folk Choir "Lemko Studenka" (head Ostap Salva) and the group "Borislav batjary" from Borislav Lviv region and more.

Of course, holiday decoration was the performance "Red and Black" - ethno-folk duo from Zhitomir. The audience gladly met Yaroslav Valentine and warm. Despite the rehabilitation process after a serious operation, Mr. Jaroslav could not respond to the request of the holidays, because among the audience were many beautiful family, namesakes, who proudly wears a full heat, which was common among the inhabitants of the village. Bosko Syanock County, that on the territory of Poland, who were deported in 1945 in Ukraine. Name mentioned in the Austrian cadastre rock in 1787.

Statement as vysokopatriotychnyy always full of energy, characteristic of the duo, is permeated with love and respect for the audience, dialogues with him between songs - it all undoubtedly been sincerely made a kind of multi-thousand-air auditorium in Galicia, which at that day was Sunday local stadium. The audience warmly embraced as Ukrainian Lemko folk songs performed by the duo, and author's songs Yaroslav warm, many of which have become popular. Interesni noted that over the long field vatryanym was potentially rainy cloud, which during the performance duo "Red and Black" dissipated and disappeared. Almost like in the song Irene Alehrovoyi "I dilute cloud hands". After the speech was improvised photo session with fans, relatives, friends, classmates, which has known Lviv photographer Victor Solynko.

As always, the height was "holy mistress", leading Luba Warm and Marie Vans.

It should be noted that the festival each year is already more organized in, developing its infrastructure. The festival scene has become a thorough, well kept town artists and stalls, stands, where members and guests of the festival were able to buy the new edition on the theme of deportation, maps Lemko, items of folk artists, souvenirs.

Yet the main, in our opinion, are the memories of those tragic years of deportation, native Lemko songs, dances, humoresques that came to life as on stage, and among friends. In the gray eyes of many deported immigrants was pain and sorrow, and joy. After the stage ozhylo that is close to them, dear, precious and unforgettable.