Chervona Ruta (festival)
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Chervona Ruta (Ukrainian: Червона рута) is a permanent biennial all-Ukrainian youth festival of contemporary song and popular music,[1] which has been held every two years since 1989.[2] It was a benchmark where more Ukrainian popular music was presented transitioning away from traditional Ukrainian folk culture associated with "sharovary" genre. Unlike the Soviet festival Song of the Year (Pesnya goda),[1] where only a selected song from Ukraine sometimes was demonstrated, Chervona Ruta allowed more singers and songs.
The festival is dedicated to a Ukrainian songwriter, composer and poet Volodymyr Ivasyuk who is the author and composer of the widely popular Ukrainian song Chervona Ruta. The name may refer to a mythological or actual species of flowering plants Chervona ruta.