Ukrainian Harvest Festivals
Ukrainian Harvest Festivals
Modern festivals often feature a parade to the fairgrounds, such sporting competitions as tugs-of-war, sack jumping, soccer, volleyball, and basketball, and musical, dance, and comedic performances.
Ukraine is also known for the hopak, a dance in which men hold their arms out, crouch down close to the floor and shoot their legs out in quick movements. This dance is said to have originated as a Ukrainian military exercise.
FestWrld: Ukraine-1998, p. 20