Participants of the coordination platform and the digital community of Ukrainians abroad, Strichka, from various countries joined in writing the National Unity Radio Dictation. This was reported by 'Glavkom' with a reference to the community's press service.
Finland
In the city of Vaasa, the charity fund 'Kalyna' and the volunteer team Kalyna-Finland Ukraina Ostrobotniia Kalyna rf gathered local Ukrainians at the Ukrainian center. Ukrainians in other Finnish cities – Vöyri and Oravais – also joined in writing the dictation. According to participants, the atmosphere was 'very emotional and festive.'
Italy
Ukrainians in Italian Rimini joined the initiative. The president of the People for Ukraine association, Dmytro Shchukin, noted that writing the dictation was very emotional.
Primarily because it brought back memories of school years in a Ukrainian school – a time when participants 'learned to love and feel their native language.' At the same time, this event served as a reminder that one of the main factors uniting Ukrainians is their language and Ukrainian spelling. The only remark – the dictation was read too quickly, so it was really difficult to write it,' he explained.
Great Britain
Ukrainians in Exeter with the Devon Ukrainian Association also joined the event. Participants experienced strong emotions related to the content of the text, which particularly resonated with their experience of living abroad. Event participant Kateryna Savchenko says: 'Really emotional in terms of the text contents. I wrote with tears in my eyes. At the phrase 'we need to love our home, even if it is temporary' I mentally felt that somewhere in all of us the heart trembled! The fast pace of dictation – probably, like life now: everything is fast, and there is no time to think for a long time. We make mistakes and move on.'
Spain
Kateryna Matiyenko shared that she hesitated for a long time but ultimately decided to try and got immense satisfaction from the text. 'This way we together popularize the Ukrainian language abroad and support Ukrainians in Ukraine,' she says.
Slovenia
The head of the supervisory board of the Union of Ukrainians in Slovenia, Društvo Ukrajincev v Sloveniji Razom, Alla Savchenko, shared her impressions of writing the dictation. 'Today my heart beat in unison with millions of Ukrainians around the world - I wrote the National Unity Radio Dictation. It was more than just a dictation. It was a moment of deep unity, pride, and love for the native language. In Sloviansk, in Kyiv, in Slovenia – we were all together. We wrote, we felt, we created unity,' said Savchenko.
Let us remind you that the National Unity Radio Dictation is an annual event initiated in 2000 aimed at uniting Ukrainians around their native word and promoting literacy. Participants from all over the country and diaspora write the text simultaneously, and after the official version is published, they can check their knowledge. This year's dictation 'We need to live!' was prepared by writer and translator Yevhenia Kuznetsova, and it was dictated by the People's Artist of Ukraine, Natalia Sumska.
Day of Ukrainian Writing and Language
Today, October 27, the Day of Ukrainian Writing and Language is celebrated, which is an important event in the cultural life of Ukraine. The holiday is aimed at raising awareness of the importance of the Ukrainian language as the foundation of national identity.
We note that the National Unity Radio Dictation is a traditional language flash mob that invites everyone – both native speakers and those who are just learning Ukrainian – to join this event.