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Something different this time.

I created this pic in keeping with my Ukrainian Canadian heritage and culture, something which, unfortunately, the origin country in eastern Europe has yet to re-embrace after 70+ years of Bolshevik Communism. Yes, the country is trying to get itself with the rest of modern Europe, but most people worry the country might be moving to post-Communist modernity too fast, and that the younger generation chooses to embrace modernity more than their traditions, culture and history.

Yes, Ukraine's past does involve Communism, including a very sad chapter of mass famine in 1932-33 due to Stalinist economic and agricultural "reforms". But there is a more distant historical side of Ukraine's past: the days of the Cossacks, who played their part in keeping Ukraine independent and free from invaders, notably the Ottoman Turks.

Plus, there is that part of Ukrainian culture based on the simple life in those days, which still exists today in small towns and villages throughout the country: people farming the land, people in touch with nature, a rugged people cultivating the steppes and living off the land there and in the Carpathian Mountains.

It is this romantic and historical side of Ukrainian culture which has survived and flourished to this day here in Canada. In our culture, our traditions, our music.

This pic is based on an actual photo used as a reference.

I saw this original large photograph of a young girl in Ukrainian dress, dancing, playing the tambourine, posted on the hall bulletin board of my locale's Ukrainian Catholic diocese cathedral , where, along with regular worship, they hold Ukrainian language and dancing instruction. I saw this photo and I felt I could render it quite well and with whom could pull off the pose really well!

6TEEN, Caitlin Cooke © Fresh Animation (nka FreshTV) Inc & NELVANA Ltd.
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Description

Something different this time.

I created this pic in keeping with my Ukrainian Canadian heritage and culture, something which, unfortunately, the origin country in eastern Europe has yet to re-embrace after 70+ years of Bolshevik Communism. Yes, the country is trying to get itself with the rest of modern Europe, but most people worry the country might be moving to post-Communist modernity too fast, and that the younger generation chooses to embrace modernity more than their traditions, culture and history.

Yes, Ukraine's past does involve Communism, including a very sad chapter of mass famine in 1932-33 due to Stalinist economic and agricultural "reforms". But there is a more distant historical side of Ukraine's past: the days of the Cossacks, who played their part in keeping Ukraine independent and free from invaders, notably the Ottoman Turks.

Plus, there is that part of Ukrainian culture based on the simple life in those days, which still exists today in small towns and villages throughout the country: people farming the land, people in touch with nature, a rugged people cultivating the steppes and living off the land there and in the Carpathian Mountains.

It is this romantic and historical side of Ukrainian culture which has survived and flourished to this day here in Canada. In our culture, our traditions, our music.

This pic is based on an actual photo used as a reference.

I saw this original large photograph of a young girl in Ukrainian dress, dancing, playing the tambourine, posted on the hall bulletin board of my locale's Ukrainian Catholic diocese cathedral , where, along with regular worship, they hold Ukrainian language and dancing instruction. I saw this photo and I felt I could render it quite well and with whom could pull off the pose really well!

6TEEN, Caitlin Cooke © Fresh Animation (nka FreshTV) Inc & NELVANA Ltd.
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