In the heart of #Kyiv, where history, resilience and quiet defiance converge, a shared voice rose in song
Together with the Embassies of Germany, the United Kingdom, and France, representatives of the Ministry of Culture, and Ukrainian artists from the National House of Music and Open Opera #Ukraine, performed Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells) a carol born in Ukraine and carried across the world.
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#Kiev was the name of the coffee shop where i first fell in love. it didn't work out but i still have the memory of that matzo ball soup. btw, that鈥檚 where i met Allen Ginsburg and Quentin Crisp. twas their favorite spot.
Veselka is the last remaining bastion of the East Village鈥檚 #Ukraina past. now that i columbused The Carol of The Bells is an ukrainian folk song, i get why i used to hear it everywhere here.
just reckoned, the East Village #xmas of yore is ukrainian.
so happy #kievmas