The project aimed to promote Ukrainian culture among the youngest citizens of Warsaw. It involved publishing a book with three traditional Ukrainian fairy tales, in Polish and English. Artists from Ukraine and Poland carried out the project together. The illustrators were: Viktoriia Yatsura (Dlaczego zające są szare / Why Hares Are Grey) and Oksana Bagriy (Och / Oh) from Ukraine as well as Małgorzata Bajka (O dwóch koziołkach / On Two Little Goats) from Poland. The book consists of three Ukrainian folk fairy tales. Och (Oh) tells a story about an evil green old-man and has no equivalent among fairy tales from other countries. Two others bring stories about animals – hares and goats – which are personifications of the worst human traits. Their adventures and follow-ups of their actions are lessons for children what sort of behaviour is not worth proceeding.
The international group of people involved in the project made a lot of effort for the project to be carried out. They reached young Poles distributing books in children's homes as well as young immigrants from Ukraine promoting the publication at Migrant's Day event and a presentation in the Orthodox Church on Miodowa Street.
The coordinator plans to continue the project by publishing a series of books consisting of fairy tales from the countries where Warsaw's minorities come from.
Coordinated by: Oksana Bagiry
Was born in 1985. She graduated from The National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kiev, Painting Conservation Faculty. Oksana was granted a Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Scholarship within the programme “Gaude Polonia” in 2007. She also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, in the Faculty of Graphic Arts, under the direction of Professor Marek Sak. She has been continuing her studies at European Academy of Arts in Warsaw in the Faculty of Graphic Arts since 2010. Her workshave been presented at numerous individual and group exhibitions in Poland, Croatia, Germany and Ukraine. She is one of the illustrators for “Świat Bajki” (The World of the Fairy Tale) book.
The activity by Continent Warsaw implemented within the framework of 'The Pilot Project of Warsaw Multicultural Centre' managed by The Other Space Foundation. The project is co-financed by European Fund for Integration of Third Country Nationals (EFI) and the state budget.
Other projects:
Marinera Party
Dzień Somalii
Fajna Jukrajna
Zaproszenie do Warszawy
Workshops
