Kobzarsky cekh. That who mighty relies upon God... Psalms and chants.

I know nothing about other cities, but nowadays, as hundred years ago, in the streets of Kyiv, just in the open air, one may hear again how kobza-player or bandura-player plays and sings to the God and to people. Of course, not necessarily blind, but the colouring is no less rich. You would not probably hear them in any other country, except Ukraine. But still it is worth while it because kobza-players, bandura-players and lyre-players themselves were unsurpassed bearers of sadness and wisdom of Ukrainian ways, both earthly and heavenly. It happened so that they not so much entertained listeners but brought the truth to them. The truth which you would not have heard from officials. May be, that’s why they were so often killed. In our time they are not so much reality but legend – though, a living legend. One may hear it and touch it. Through it, one may communicate with those who passed their Chumak way long, long ago.