On January 14, Lviv hosted the presentation of the WOODMAN (Derevyanko). This is a 4-meter wooden puppet for street performances, created by war veterans to give joy to adults and children.
Derevyanko will become a hero of bright street performances in Ukraine and will participates in festivals abroad to bring joy and happiness to adults and children. Merry and sincere Derevyanko will show by his actions that the main feature of a person is to do good deeds. Even if this person is a puppet made of wood.
The main idea of creating the Derevyanko – to demonstrate how simple good deeds can be used to overcome propaganda stamps and information manipulations.
Woodman was made by war veterans in Lviv – Nazar Vytrykush, Yurko Boobes, Rostyslav Pokladok, Nazar Dubyk, Oles Chavaha, Myhailo Zasymenko, Yurko Vovkohon.
Video was made by Ostap Kostiuk, Roman Dzvonkovskyy, Yulian Kukhlevskyy.
Project is organized by YMCA Lviv
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