Скачать или смотреть Leather maker creates traditional Ukrainian belts, as seen on Eurovision winners, Kalush Orchestra

(11 May 2023)

UKRAINE EUROVISION HUTSEL BELTS

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kosiv, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine - 6 May 2023

1. Various of customer trying on traditional Hutsel belt
2. Mid of craftsman Yuriy Porokh and a customer during the fitting
3. Close of leather belt
4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Yuriy Porokh, craftsman:
"Cheres (Hutsul leather belt) is a very majestic thing, a festive one. For a real Hutsul, it showed his status. The wider it was or more it was decorated with metal, the more status it showed. There could be silver coins and chains, and a pipe, and a "protychk" (metal rod for cleaning a pipe), a knife applied to it. On one side a bird (medallion), on the other side a "tabivka" (a leather bag over the shoulder). The wider the belt, the more it showed his status, that he was the most important man in the village."

5. Various close ups of leather belts
6. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Yuriy Onyskiv, customer, collector of Hutsul ancient clothing:
"I am a person who collects this, because this is our history, many such things such as cheres (leather belt), tabivki (leather bag), powder flasks. Many people let's say in central Ukraine do not know what it is. And if you show an ordinary person it (accessories for hutsul traditional garment), he will not pay money for it, because he does not know what it is. And for the Hutsuls, they are not sacred relics, but very close to that."

7. Various of Porokh cutting leather
8. Various of oil being applied to leather
9. Wide of Porokh applying oil to leather UPSOUND (Ukrainian) "Ideally it should be treated with fat, it was a whale fat or other substance."
10. Close of oil being applied
11. Wide of Porokh at work UPSOUND (Ukrainian) "It softens the skin, secondly it gives it saturation. During pressing it gives it color, that is, where it is pressed, it will be darker. And in general, it has the water-repellent effect."
12. Various of leather being treated with oil
13. Close of leather
14. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Yuriy Porokh, craftsman:
"Since ancient times, cheres (hutsul belts) have been used not only as a means of decoration, but also as a kind of body armour. It consists of two parts, the leather is folded in half, they (craftsmen) even used to put coins inside. And while wearing it, the leather was hardened by the salt that was released from sweat. Coins are in the middle, plus hard 4 millimetres of thick leather folded in two. All together 8 millimetres of leather with coins was difficult to cut with an axe to say nothing about a knife."

15. Various of Porokh making holes in leather for metal decorations
16. Various of Porokh applying metal decorations
17. Wide of Porokh handling belt
18. Close of belt
19. Various of Porokh attaching metal decorations
20. Various of finished leather products with metal decorations
21. Various of Porokh making decorative metal studs
22. Various of village

LEADIN:

The members of Kalush Orchestra - last year's Eurovision Song Contest winner - are remembered for their traditional Ukrainian outfits as well as their winning song.

At the final last year, one of the musicians was sporting a very traditional Hutsel style belt.

Known as cheres belts, the ancient art of crafting of them is being kept alive in Kosiv, Ukraine, where an artisan is still making them by hand.

STORYLINE:

A wide strap of leather decorated with studs and colorued details.

This is a traditional Hutsel belt and a customer has come to Yuriy Porokh's workshop in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine to try it on.











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