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The word and wax : a medical folk ritual among Ukrainians in Alberta

The Word and Wax explores the fascinating medical folk ritual of wax pouring used by some members of the Alberta Ukrainian community as a means of driving away fear and curing minor ailments. The ceremony is of the magico-religious and…

Tags: Alberta Folklore, Anxiety Treatment, Beeswax Rituals, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Canadian Series in Ukrainian Ethnology, Christian Imagery, Christmas Customs, Community Healers, Cultural Adaptation, Cultural Health Practices, Cultural Heritage, Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Ethnographic Research, Fear Sickness, Folk Customs, Folk Medicine Studies, Folk Medicines, Folk Remedies, Health And Culture, Immigrant Adaptation, Magico-religious Rituals, Medical Anthropology, Medical Folk Rituals, Oral Incantations, Pre-Christian Traditions, Rena Jeanne Hanchuk, Ritual Healing, Strakh Vylyvaty, Stress Reduction, Transposed Cultural Traditions, Ukrainian Canadian Literature, Ukrainian Diaspora, Ukrainian Ethnography, Ukrainian Folk Medicine, Ukrainian Folklore, Ukrainian Healers, Ukrainian Healing Traditions, Ukrainian Heritage, Ukrainian Immigrants in Canada, Ukrainian Material Culture, Ukrainian Settlers, Ukrainian Storytelling, Ukrainians in Alberta, Village Traditions, Vylyvaty Visk, Wax Ceremony, Wax Healers, Wax Pouring Ritual, Wax Pouring Tradition, Wedding Traditions

Tkanyna : an exhibit of Ukrainian weaving = Tkanyna: vystavka ukraı̈nsʹkoho tkat͡stva

This is beautiful title contains a parallel bilingual English-Ukrainian text and includes colour photographs of Ukrainian textiles and weaving artifacts displayed at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village near Edmonton in 1988.

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Tags: Alberta Ukrainian Commemorative Society, Art, Barbara Wilberg, Bilingual English-Ukrainian Text, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Folklore, Friends of Ukrainian Village Society, Radomir Bilash, Radomir Borislaw, Tkanyna, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, Ukrainian Textiles, Ukrainian Weaving, Ukrainian Weaving Artifacts, Ukrainians in Alberta

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The word and wax : a medical folk ritual among Ukrainians in Alberta

Tkanyna : an exhibit of Ukrainian weaving = Tkanyna: vystavka ukraı̈nsʹkoho tkat͡stva

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