SONGS OF THE WAR: UKRAINIAN CHILDREN PROCESSING THE WAR TRAUMA THROUGH SINGING
Journal: Folia linguistica et litteraria
Year: 2025

On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. The Ukrainian population has suffered from Russian attacks on civilians, hospitals and schools. In the media, we have seen the Ukrainians as a singing nation. Songs are sung in bomb shelters and by soldiers, in the streets to celebrate victories and in memorials for the dead victims. This article discusses how certain songs can find a special place in the nation’s collective memory as comfort, protest and a catalyst for emotions. A search for war song