In Ukraine, folk songs and carols were passed down through generations, and craftsmen who made musical instruments shared the secrets of their craft with grandchildren and great-grandchildren. After the collapse of the USSR, there was a surge in the popularity of folk motifs in music in Ukraine, but it was a short-lived one.
Hromadske: How folk music is preserved in Ukraine
Members of the Ukrainian pop band Onuka and musicians from the Ukrainian National Academic Orchestra of Folk Instruments perform as the interval act during the final of the Eurovision song contest in Kyiv on May 13, 2017.
