The event was held with the support of the NGO “RAZOM.YA” and with the participation of representatives and representatives of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, Hubynske Village Council, female cadets and female employees of the university, as well as female veterans, wives and mothers of fallen Defenders and Defenders, prisoners and missing persons.
The event was opened by the Assistant to the Rector of DSUIA on Gender Issues, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine Larysa Nalyvaiko and Liliia Hyrenko – Candidate of Sciences in Public Administration, Head of the Culture and Sports Department of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, Head of the NGO “Women Plus”, accredited by UNESCO.
Within the framework of the event, masters of Mykolaiv painting from the Hubynske Village Council conducted a master class for those present. Participants became acquainted with traditional ornaments and created their own element. Mykolaiv painting is one of the oldest techniques of decorative and applied painting in Ukraine, widespread in the villages of Samarivka district for over 300 years.
Artists of the Academic Folklore-Choreographic Ensemble “Slavutych” performed Cossack songs of Dnipropetrovsk region – an element of intangible cultural heritage inscribed on the UNESCO list in 2016 as a tradition that requires protection.
Co-organizers of the event were representatives of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council. The following also joined the participants of the event: Dina Miftahutdinova – Candidate of Sciences in Physical Education and Sports, Director of the Communal Enterprise “Dnipropetrovsk Regional School of Higher Sports Mastery”, member of the NGO “Women Plus”, accredited by UNESCO, Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine, prize-winner of the Olympic Games and World Championships; Nataliia Lysenko – Candidate of Legal Sciences, Deputy Head of the Qualification Chamber of the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Advocacy of Dnipropetrovsk Region, Head of the Police Commission of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Dnipropetrovsk Region, lawyer; Tetiana Shaparenko – Chief Specialist of the Culture and Sports Department of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, member of the NGO “Women Plus”, accredited by UNESCO; Anton Borysenko – Doctor of Philosophy in Law, First Deputy Village Head of Hubynske Village Council; Inna Pryimenko – Head of the Culture Department of Hubynske Village Council; Hanna Byrsa and Anastasiia Nikitina – masters of Mykolaiv painting (Hubynske Village Council); Tetiana Solomka – Director of the Communal Enterprise “Academic Folklore-Choreographic Ensemble “Slavutych” of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council; Mariia Bratys, Olena Kalyniak, Khrystyna Popik and Olena Zavhorodnia – artists of the Communal Enterprise “Academic Folklore-Choreographic Ensemble “Slavutych” of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council.
The organizers believe that the dialogue “Code of Honor and Code of Tradition” became a reminder that Ukrainian identity is based on service and memory. Those who today defend the country with weapons in their hands or experience the loss of their closest ones, and those who preserve folk art and song – are doing the same thing: not allowing Ukraine to disappear. The event confirmed that culture is not only the heritage of the past, but also the support of the present.
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