Cossack songs

[4] Cossack songs are nowadays often performed by women, but rarely in mixed groups.

[5][6] 2014 in Dnipropetrovsk region began the initiative group of nomination dossier for inclusion of Cossack songs into the UNESCO Intangible Heritage List.

On November 28, 2016, the Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage List included Cossack songs of the Dnipropetrovsk region on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of urgent protection.

According to the committee, these works, sung by Cossack communities in the region, talk about the tragedy of war and the personal experiences of soldiers.

[1] The first transcribed complex of Cossack songs was published in 1997 by bandura player, Victor Kyrylenko.