From: Leelo Isidora Viita <
[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 5:53 PM
To: Eino Pedanik <
[email protected]>; Margit Siim <
[email protected]>; Madis Järv
<
[email protected]>
Cc: Bogdan Ljutjuk <
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Subject: Pysanka UNESCO ühistaotluse teadaanne Ukrainast
To:
Tõnis Lukas
Minister of Culture of the Republic of Estonia
Leelo Isidora Viita
Estonian Folk Culture Centre, Head of the ICH Department
Dear minister, dear Estonian friends,
On behalf of all our organizations, the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine,
the National Union of Folk-Art Masters of Ukraine, the All-Ukrainian Society
“Prosvita”, the Development Centre “Democracy through Culture”, local
communities and individuals concerned with ICH, we would like to express our
deepest gratitude for all your support, including material and moral, in preparing
the multinational nomination „Pysanka - Ukrainian tradition and art of decorating
eggs“ to be presented to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural
Heritage of Humanity as a joint nomination of Ukraine and the Republic of
Estonia.
The work which had started in 2017-2018, was successfully finished in
March 2020, especially, by the Estonian part, and we received the ready
nomination file. As for the Ukrainian part, our organizations prepared necessary
files and supporting documents and were secured by top officials in their complete
support and assistance.
However, since August-September 2019, critical governmental changes
happened in Ukraine touching structures responsible for this issue. The Ministry
of Culture of Ukraine has been restructured, re-restructured and is under new
reformation. On the background of sudden complicated situation related to Covid-
19, the last step of our joint nomination has been postponed until now.
Despite these circumstances, we are sure that in the shortest possible time,
along with improvement of the epidemiological situation in Ukraine and
elsewhere, we shall do this last step in submitting the joint nomination to the
UNESCO. We are aware that we would lose time, and the decision on this
nomination couldn’t be in 2021 but in 2022. Nevertheless, we are just convinced
now that our efforts will be fruitful and our nomination file „Pysanka - Ukrainian
tradition and art of decorating eggs“ will be included in the Representative List.
Once more, we apologize that haven’t anticipated force majeure situation in
Ukraine and in the world, which could affect our efforts. But we hope that it will
only strengthen our mutual commitment and future collaboration.
With sincere respect
Vice president of the National Academy
of Arts of Ukraine Valeriy BITAYEV
Head of the National Union of Folk-Art
Master of Ukraine Yevghen SHEVCHENKO
Head of the All-Ukrainian Society
“Prosvita” Pavlo MOVCHAN
Director of the Development Centre
“Democracy through Culture” Oleksandr BUTSENKO