Rusali is an immersive cultural experience rooted in Ukrainian Green Week traditions: a space between nature and myth, where ritual, song, and stillness come together.

A space of transition — between day and night, between reality and imagination, between human and nature. During Green Week, when spring reaches its peak and the boundary between worlds begins to blur, a living tradition takes shape in a contemporary form.

Not folklore as decoration, but an experience to step into.

Program description

Expect a program that unfolds gradually:

– ritual singing, from Rusali to Kupala songs
– workshops on voice, symbolism, and craft
– wreath-making with meaningful plants
– collective, meditative movement inspired by rituals
– a quiet space for remembrance and reflection
– a small market with natural materials
– a documentary or visual installation about Green Week

Rusali is an intimate, slightly untamed environment where tradition lives on in the present.

About the program partners

This festival is organized by the choir Makivka (https://www.makivka.nl/), together with Tolhuistuin, Vataha Foundation (https://www.vataha.nl/) and Stichting Oekraiense Club Zaandam (https://www.oekraienseclub.com/).