Ukraine -- Cherkas'ka oblast' --Drabivs'kyi raion -- Iavorivka
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| Funeral of Novak, Hryhorii Pylypovych, age 72. He is an especially loved husband and citizen so that this is a particularly elaborate funeral, with exceptionally lengthy laments by the widow. The funeral procession on the way between the home of the deceased and the graveyard. Photo taken from across the field used to pasture the livestock. Order of the procession, as seen here: women carrying the coffin lid (viko) in front, then men carrying the coffin on the mary or bier, then relatives, then friends.
Ukraine -- Cherkas'ka oblast' --Drabivs'kyi raion -- Iavorivka |
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