A girl in Ukrainian costume dances in the Refectory Church of the Lavra

Dancing in the Refectory Church. Photo: screenshot from video

A video has appeared on the Internet featuring a girl dressed in a Ukrainian national costume dancing in the Refectory Church of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

A girl in a blue skirt, an embroidered shirt and a scarf on her head jumps up and waves her arms and a handbag to one of the versions of Natalia Valevskaya’s famous song “Palala”.

Earlier, the UOJ wrote that the Ministry of Culture held a concert of “modern music” in the Refectory Church of the Lavra.

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