I videoed this in the town of Kosiv, state of Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine, in the summer of 2004. It was part of the annual Ivana Kupala (Summer Solstice, or Feast of St. John the Baptist) celebrations. There was a small Hutsul folk festival, and also that weekend was the Sheshory Music Festival in a field in nearby Sheshory.

This band can be found at the Arkan restaurant in Sheshory in the summertime--or at least, they were the house band, if not anymore. . .

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