The first poetry festival “Forest Song”

Volyn Television, Nechymne tract, Kovel district, 2001. Program “To Lesya's Sources.” Report from the first regional poetry festival “Forest Song,” dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Lesya Ukrainka's fairy-tale drama “Forest Song.”

In the video: participants of the festival, Lesya Ukrainka's museum-estate in Kolodyazhne, laying flowers at the monument, forest, performance by the Skulyn village folk ensemble, participants in the poetry contest, excerpt from “The Forest Song” performed by children, oak tree planted by Maksym Rylsky, recitation contest, awarding of winners.

Interviews: Vira Komziuk — director of the museum-estate; Vasyl Hey — head of the Volyn organization of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine; members of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine Nina Gorik, Oleksandr Rysak, Yosyp Struciuk, Stepan Skokluk, Viktor Verbych; Oleksandr Senyuk — head of the education department of the Kovel District State Administration; Kateryna Kryvoruchko — specialist at the State Museum of Literature (Kyiv); poets Nina Shugnylo and Anatoliy Semenyuk; Anatoliy Silyuk — director of the Volyn Regional Museum of Local History.

The following people worked on the program: Lyudmila Veger, Oleksandr Sadovnik, Galina Hryshay, Dmytro Gordon.