Interesting professional video from Kamienka in north east Slovakia near the Polish and Ukrainian borders. The dialouge is in Rusyn with Slovak subtitles. The focus is on Christmas and the Greek Catholic church there. For me to hear spoken 'ponashemu' Rusyn like my dad and grandparents and so many others I knew brought back a flood of memories. I regret that my parents, like so many of their generation, consciously sought NOT to teach my generation the old language. But we did get the heart and soul of religious and cultural tradition at least.
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