The "Black Sea Steppe" festival took place in Odesa.
October 24 in Odesa, the "Black Sea Steppe" festival took place, bringing together representatives of national communities, artists, and public organizations. The program included performances by folklore groups, workshops on traditional crafts, a forum market, and lectures. The festival also featured exhibits from the Kherson Oblast Regional Museum and a performance by poet Natalia Shushlyannikova from Kherson.
October 24 in Odesa, the "Black Sea Steppe" festival took place, dedicated to the cultural mosaic of Southern Ukraine. The event brought together national communities, artists, and public organizations at the "Bristol" hotel on Italski Street.
The festival program included performances by folklore groups, presentations of the cultures of national communities and local groups, as well as master classes in traditional crafts. In addition, a forum market of community initiatives, interactive performances, and a lecture with experts, researchers, and community activists were held. The musical part of the festival concluded with a performance by the Ukrainian ethno-musician Kozak Siromaha.
At the festival, the Kherson Regional Historical Museum presented an exhibition of postcards produced by the museum itself and a "meadow" of Kherson herbs collected by museum staff. The postcards included ones dedicated to the second anniversary of the liberation of Kherson and "The Tree of Life," made from fragments of painted shells. The exhibition also featured traditional Kherson dolls, including an angel and a herb doll.
Natalia Sushlyannikova, a poet and volunteer from Kherson, performed at the festival. She spoke about life in the city under shelling and about the work of the "Kherson" support center, which helps local residents become more resilient. According to her, she published four books during the war, including "War Diaries."