This year the “assortment” of ‘Master-Classa’ was featuring a book theme and a Kupala Holiday theme as well: Midsummer leaflet made in quelling technique, a ward-flysheet in calligraphy technique, Kupala’s cutting techniques, making a notebook, a book separator in decoupage technique… In the shades of the small “Master-Classa” there were always lovers of handwork around.
“Kurin’” stage hosted activities with participation of novice writers, but being novice did not stop them from gathering big audiences. G@kivsky readings, “Sevama” literary union, Kateryna Hladka, Volodymyr Antoschuk and other spoke at the event.
‘Literary Kitchen’ has traditionally enjoyed popularity ratings among the visitors. This time the author’s philter was prepared by Ph.D. in magic Lilia Musikhina and Philosophiae Doctor in erotic science Lesya Mudrak as well as by Viktoria Hranetska, Telnyuk sisters, Dara Korniy, Anzhelika Rudnytska.
This year the literary part was added by purely Kupala-holiday programme – Gala-Kupala party and a mini-concert of Kupala songs performed by vocal trio “Zhayvoronok” (The Lark Bird).
The big Literary stage showed how literature softly merged with music. Yaroslav Dzus’, Maksym Berezhnyuk and Oksana Borovets demonstrated what a melodic recital is (in fact, this is reading of literary text to musical accompaniment). The fourth Kobzar slam has turned into a great international event.
Many people came to attend artistic meetings that took place at the Literary stage. The guests were greeted by Irena Karpa, Oleksandr Irvanets, Iren Rozdobud’ko and Ihor Zhuk.
Literatures of Ukraine’s ethnic communities were represented by Bulgarians, Armenians, Romani and Gagauz this year. Many people came to listen to exotic languages. However, this year the audience was not just reading poems and translated texts, but practicing the communities’ songs.
A novelty of this year’s Literary Kraina Mriy was a contest of poets, which was so called Club of Poet Fighters. Artem Polezhaka, Yevgenia Chupryna, Oleg Kotsarev and one of Kapranov brothers came “to fight”. Dmytro Lazutkin, the president of the Club, supervised the fairness during the ‘battle’ competition.
«Glad news that literary supplement to extremely popular ‘Kraina Mriy’ Festival (Land of Dreams Festival) practically started living its own life. We want only to wish all these dreams come true. For organizers we wish more energy to repeat this heroical deed next year”, the initiators of Literary Kraina Mriy emphasized.
