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Ukranian Cultural Village

Posted by
Eric Cousineau (Sherwood Park, Canada) on 1 September 2012 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.

A Ukrainian Canadian is a person of Ukrainian descent or origin who was born in or emigrated to Canada. In 2006, there were an estimated 1,209,085 persons of full or partial Ukrainian origin residing in Canada (mainly Canadian-born citizens) making them Canada's ninth largest ethnic group; and giving Canada the world's third-largest Ukrainian population behind Ukraine itself and Russia. Self-identified Ukrainians are the plurality in several rural areas of Western Canada.

The Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village is an open-air museum that was built to resemble pioneer settlements in east central Alberta.  Buildings from the surrounding communities have been moved to the Village and restored to various years within the first part of the twentieth century.

PENTAX K200D 1/30 second F/4.0 ISO 1600 57 mm (35mm equiv.)

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Universe from Tehran, Iran

What a lovely handicraft! Have a lovely journey and good luck !!

1 Sep 2012 6:11am

Lalena from Barcelona, Spain

Nice detail!

1 Sep 2012 6:18am

Calusarus from ST SORLIN EN VALLOIRE, France

A very nice patchwork

1 Sep 2012 6:37am

Veronique from France, Switzerland

Très original ce patchwork

1 Sep 2012 7:14am

Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan

Very nice this piece of handicraft! Good presentation, too and nice choice for a photo!
(Recently I've discovered that I have relatives that settled in Toronto more than ten years ago!)

1 Sep 2012 8:24am

L'Angevine from Angers, France

à Angers,il y a une boutique spéciale sur ces poupées russes

1 Sep 2012 8:26am

Mireille T. from Ribérac, France

Ce patchwork m'a attirée! Très belle image, et l'histoire est intéressante!

1 Sep 2012 9:17am

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

Very nice. So pretty.

1 Sep 2012 9:27am

tataray from france, France

Très joli patchwork, cela représente beaucoup de travail.
Il est superbement réussi.)

1 Sep 2012 9:33am

Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France

Joli travail artisanal, des poupées toutes différentes !

1 Sep 2012 9:42am

Ainsley from Derbyshire, United Kingdom

very nice, looks like a family of skittles :)

1 Sep 2012 10:45am

mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland

Très beau patchwork, un magnifique travail artisanal! J'aime beaucoup!

1 Sep 2012 11:45am

Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Very beautiful!

1 Sep 2012 11:46am

PATRICK from miramas, France

splerndid 5***

1 Sep 2012 2:02pm

Abena from Maseru, Lesotho

lovely image! and interesting words...I guess I learn something new everyday :)...nice.

1 Sep 2012 2:56pm

Lena from San Francisco, United States

What a lovely image....:-)

1 Sep 2012 4:01pm

Judy aka L@dybug from Brooksville, FL, United States

Amazing facts about the Ukrainians in Canada ... and a beautiful shot of this quilt.

1 Sep 2012 5:34pm

Doug from Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Nice image and fascinating information

1 Sep 2012 7:47pm

El pare from Prepirineu, Andorra

This is a beautiful and original tapestry.

1 Sep 2012 8:07pm

Elaine Hancock from Rockville, United States

Beautiful tapestry and wonderful information.

1 Sep 2012 10:06pm

omid from mashhad, Iran

:) very nice & so beautiful!!!
Lovely!

1 Sep 2012 10:26pm

AMH from Buenos Aires, Argentina

hermosa fotografías llena de tradición . un beso . Alejandra

2 Sep 2012 2:40am

Sam from Chennai, India

Beautiful image. Nice details and colours of this fine work. And interesting information, Eric! :)

2 Sep 2012 5:28am

Don Levesque from Saint John, Canada

Beautiful patch work!

3 Sep 2012 12:29pm

franz from Baden, Austria

a beautiful ethnic quilt full of memories of the old country ...
i remember visiting this village in the 70s, and being quite impressed !!!

9 Sep 2012 8:14pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

An interesting quilt I'll have to show my wife.

12 Sep 2012 6:10pm

romina from tehran, Iran

Wow niceeee :) it seems they have Hijab !

13 Sep 2012 7:56am

Silvia Schneider from Brazil

Adorei!

25 Jun 2013 12:24am

PENTAX K200D
1/30 second
F/4.0
ISO 1600
57 mm (35mm equiv.)

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