India marks January 26 as its Republic Day every year and celebrates its 74th Republic Day this year. While India gained independence from the British Raj in 1947, it wasn’t until January 26, 1950, that the Indian Constitution came into effect, and India became a sovereign state, declaring...
Dr. Taras Mahlay, teacher atHryhory Kytasty Cleveland School of Bandura, and two of his students, Vasik Kmiotek and Makar Lopata, performed on the bandura at the Lithuanian Independence Day celebration. Dr. Mahlay said that the bandura is a Ukrainian plucked-string folk-instrument usually with ...