Kolomyjka
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History of study
- The content of kolomyika
- Research and evaluation of kolomyika
- Bela Bartok and the Kolomyika
- Development in the diaspora
- Performers
- See also
- References
- External links
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The kolomyika (, ; also spelled kolomeyka or kolomeike) is a Hutsul (Ukrainian) music genre that combines a fast-paced folk dance and comedic rhymed verses (). It includes a type of performance dance developed by the Ukrainian diaspora in North America.
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