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The cemetery on the outskirts of town. Large wooden cross was erected recently and is supposed to commemorate the victims of the 1933 famine. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0507

The cemetery on the outskirts of town; view of a new grave. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0508

View from the cemetery. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0517

The cemetery on the outskirts of town. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0518

The cemetery on the outskirts of town. The fence color is typical. Note the variety of marker types. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0519

The cemetery on the outskirts of town, new grave; the flowers carried during the funeral procession are placed tent-shape on top of the grave. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0520

The cemetery on the outskirts of town; next to the grave is a plot marked out with string which will become the location of the next grave. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0521

The cemetery on the outskirts of town; a particularly elaborate grave. Note the plate with the shot glass on top - for leaving treats for the deceased Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0522

The cemetery on the outskirts of town; a panoramic view of the cemetery; note fences around grave plots. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0523

The cemetery on the outskirts of town; a Christian and Soviet grave side-by-side; the Soviet one is red. In the background is the oversize wooden cross that was erected to the memory of the victims of the 1933 famine. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0524

The cemetery on the outskirts of town; a row of older graves with metal crosses. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0525

The cemetery on the outskirts of town; a row of older graves with metal crosses; behind them is the part where more recent burials were performed. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0526

The cemetery on the outskirts of town; a path around the outskirts of the cemetery; new grave on the left, picnic table and benches for visiting with the dead on the right. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0527

The cemetery on the outskirts of town; a grave with a recent bouquet of flowers and a plate and shot glass for leaving treats for the deceased. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0528

The cemetery on the outskirts of town; the grave of a child. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0529

The cemetery on the outskirts of town; assorted cross types. This is an older part of the cemetery and it is not as well-maintained as other parts. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0530

The cemetery on the outskirts of town; a grave plot. Notice the predominance of the color blue. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0531

One of the house clusters in this village and the individual garden plots in front of each house. This village is laid out in clusters such as this one with animal pastures between the clusters. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0532

One of the house clusters in this village. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0533

Up the hill are the barely visible remnants of an ancient cemetery, discernible only from the small, regularly spaced mounds of dirt. The cemetery is supposedly from the days when this area was inhabited by people from Lithuania (as the name of the town would indicate) rather than Ukrainians. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0534

Up the hill are the barely visible remnants of an ancient cemetery, discernible only from the small, regularly spaced mounds of dirt. The cemetery is supposedly from the days when this area was inhabited by people from Lithuania (as the name of the town would indicate) rather than Ukrainians. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0535

Up the hill are the barely visible remnants of an ancient cemetery, discernible only from the small, regularly spaced mounds of dirt. The cemetery is supposedly from the days when this area was inhabited by people from Lithuania (as the name of the town would indicate) rather than Ukrainians. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0536

Main road through the village and geese going home toward evening. The field to the left serves as a pasture area for the cluster of houses that is visible in the background. This is one of the regions where villages are organized in clusters of houses with fields for pasture in between. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0537

On the road between Lytviaky and Luben, Lubens'kyi raion, Poltavs'ka oblast', a monastery under reconstruction. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0538

Home of Zaiets, Elena Ivanivna. Her 1/2 brother, Holovashchenko, Mykola Hryhorovych, DOB 1944 Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0587

Home of Zaiets, Elena Ivanivna, her nephew and son of her 1/2 brother, Holovashchenko, Mykola Hryhorovych Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0588

Home of Zhuravel', Natalia Fedorivna, DOB 1933 Samples of her embroidery Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0589

Home of Zhuravel', Nataliia Fedorivna, DOB 1933 (informant), she is seated with Sabadash, Nina Oleksiivna, DOB 1948, holova sil'rady and informant Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0591

Home of Zhuravel', Nataliia Fedorivna Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0592

Home of Sinko, Mariia Hryhorivna, DOB 1933, informant, artist. She is standing in front of a hand-embroidered rug used as a wall-hanging. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0593

Home of Sinko, Mariia Hryhorivna, DOB 1933, informant, artist Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0594

Home if Sinko, Mariia Hryhorivna, DOB 1933, informant, artist. I took this to show the positioning of the TV under the icon corner. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0595

Home of Sinko, Mariia Hryhorivna, DOB 1933, informant, artist. Another of her embroidered rugs. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0596

Home of Sinko, Mariia Hryhorivna, DOB 1933, informant, artist. Modern versions of the rushnyky used to tie the participants in a wedding. These are actually in Russian rather than Ukrainian and are put around the members of the wedding party who serve as witnesses. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0597

View of a village street; houses are typically red in this area Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0598

A cluster of houses; unlike in other areas, the village is in clusters with pasture land for the farm animals between the clusters of houses. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0599

Home of Boiko, Hanna Prokopivna, DOB 1929, informant, artist. She tells lots of legends, supposedly true stories about real events. Here she shows samples of her embroidery Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0600

Home of Boiko, Hanna Prokopivna, DOB 1929, informant, artist. She shows an Easter cloth she has made Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0601

Home of Zaiets, Elena Ivanivna, DOB 1938, informant, performer. She shows her traditional costume Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0602

Home of Zaiets, Elena Ivanivna, DOB 1938, informant, performer, in traditional costume, showing some of her other embroidered work, namely a wedding rushnyk. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0603

Village street, very old style house Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0604

Village street, old style barn. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0605

Village street, and old style barn Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0606

Village street, fence, traditional house Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0607

Village street, haystack, hay storage Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0608

Local swimming hole; one informant told us that rusalki live there Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0609

Village street, fence, traditional house Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0611

Village street, traditional house Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0612

Local swimming hole, the part where you descend into the water. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0613

Village street, fence, traditional house Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0614

A village house. The sticks stacked against the side of the house will be used for propping up vegetables. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0615

Village street, fence, traditional house Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0616

Home of Zaiets, Olena Ivanivna, DOB 1938. The icon corner, family photos, furniture, and bedding are visible. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0617

Home of Zaiets, Olena Ivanivna, DOB 1938. This is the dining area of the house, with a table and photographs. Note the floor treatment, which is dirt covered with runners. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0618

Home of Zaiets, Olena Ivanivna, DOB 1938. This shows the kitchen during the summer months, when two outdoor kitchens are used instead of the one inside the house. Note that the space is used for the storage of clothes during the hot months. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0619

Home of Zaiets, Olena Ivanivna, DOB 1938. The cat and kittens are lying in the entryway. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0620

Home of Zaiets, Olena Ivanivna, DOB 1938. This is the exterior of an unusually poor house. Note the clothesline hung in front. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0621

Home of Zaiets, Olena Ivanivna, DOB 1938. From left to right, this shows a shed for keeping goats, a doghouse, and a pig sty. The goats are the family's only source of milk. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0622

Home of Zaiets, Olena Ivanivna, DOB 1938. This is the shed and the barn. In the foreground are troughs with water for the ducks. The pig sty is on the far left. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0623

Home of Zaiets, Olena Ivanivna, DOB 1938. This is one of the summer kitchens. There is a table to the right of the kitchen and a bench with tools in front. To the far right is a water heater. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0624

This is the area around Lytviaky, showing a typical house and fields. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0625

A house in the area around Lytviaky. This house is somewhat atypical as it is painted white. More houses in the area are red with white or blue trim. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0626

Suprun, Kateryna Andriiivna, DOB 1921. This woman is an informant on the life cycle ritual and material culture, especially cloth processing. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0627

Slisarenko, Nina Mykolaivna, DOB 1921. She is showing how to work linen during a dosvitka (courtship party) before one is allowed to party with the boys. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0637

Boiko, Hanna Prokopivna, DOB 1929, an informant on witch stories and other beliefs. She also embroiders and here is showing a wedding rushnyk that she made. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0642

Sabadash, Nina Oleksiivna, DOB 1948, head of the local sil'rada. She is showing the dress that she wears when she conducts civil (Soviet style) rituals such as weddings. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0643

Home of Skliar, Hanna Vakulivna, DOB 1916. An interior showing an icon corner and rushnyky. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0644

Home of Skliar, Hanna Vakulivna, DOB 1916. Hanna Vakulivna Skliar is showing some of her work. She embroiders extensively and did the rug on the wall. She also has a whole series of cat pillows and pictures which she embroidered. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0645

Home of Skliar, Hanna Vakulivna, DOB 1916. She was an informant on life cycle beliefs and told rusalka stories she heard from her grandfather. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0646

Home of Skliar, Hanna Vakulivna, DOB 1916. Hanna Vakulivna's two grandchildren. The older child does her younger sister's hair. Young children still have extensive childcare responsibilities for younger siblings. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0647

Home of Skliar, Hanna Vakulivna, DOB 1916. Hanna Vakulivna's daughter-in-law shows an embroidered picture done by Hanna Vakulivna. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0648

Home of Skliar, Hanna Vakulivna, DOB 1916. The daughter-in-law shows a bright dress done by Hanna Vakulivna. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0649

Home of Zaiets, Olena Ivanivna, DOB1938. This photo shows typical ceiling construction. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0650

Home of Boiko, Hanna Prokopivna. The barn with the netting that is used for carrying large loads of hay. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0707

Skliar, Hanna Vakulivna, DOB 1916, informant. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0708

A village street with typical house. The fence and gate are also typical of this region. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0709

On the outskirts of the village. Boy with horse-drawn cart used for transporting hay, animal feed. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0710

This fence has very peculiar glass fencepost toppers Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0711

One of the pastures between house clusters Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0712

The village bathhouse; one door is for men and the other is for women. Very few villages have public bathhouses and this one was non-functional, as far as I could tell. Most people just bathe at home. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0713

One of the pastures between house clusters. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0714

One of the pastures between house clusters and a local resident who decided to pose Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0715

One of the pastures between house clusters and two local residents who decided to pose. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Lytviaky. Lytv0716

Home of Oksana Fedorivna Kryvorot, DOB 1918. Baba San'ka is showing the shelf on top of the stove and the kittens that her cat has delivered there. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Vovchyk. Vely0634

Home of Oksana Fedorivna Kryvorot, DOB 1918. Baba San'ka and Natalie Kononenko on the shelf on top of the stove. The stove's construction is evident - the shelf is a prime sleeping area in the winter, as it is especially warm. A curtain covers it, as curtains cover most things. There is a rag rug on the bottom, with duvets and pillows on top, making the hard clay surface of the stove quite comfortable. Note also the tulle covering objects of bedding (and the crocheted rug used to hold it down). There is an embroidered picture of cats on the wall, over a picture cut from a magazine, and purchased rushnyky over that. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Vovchyk. Vely0635

Home of Oksana Fedorivna Kryvorot, DOB 1918. The skrynia, or wedding chest, of Baba San'ka, uncovered to show the details of its construction. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Vovchyk. Vely0636

Home of Shostak, Hanna Petrivna, DOB 1927. This is an outdoor shed. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Vovchyk. Vovc0638

Home of Shostak, Hanna Petrivna, DOB 1927. This is an interior of the house, showing some cloth decoration. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Vovchyk. Vovc0639

Home of Shostak, Hanna Petrivna, DOB 1927. Hanna Petrivna Shostak was an informant on life cycle material, especially funeral beliefs. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Vovchyk. Vovc0640

Home of Shostak, Hanna Petrivna, DOB 1927. Another view of Hanna Petrivna Shostak. Ukraine -- Poltavs'ka oblast' -- Lubens'kyi raion -- Vovchyk. Vovc0641