{"id":121321,"date":"2024-11-19T03:03:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T02:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weltreporter.net\/?post_type=arbeitsprobe&#038;p=121321"},"modified":"2024-11-19T20:07:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T19:07:47","slug":"ukrainian-soldiers-fresh-from-front-lines-bring-music-to-la","status":"publish","type":"arbeitsprobe","link":"https:\/\/weltreporter.net\/en\/arbeitsprobe\/ukrainian-soldiers-fresh-from-front-lines-bring-music-to-la\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian soldiers fresh from front lines bring music to LA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a stage in Culver City, a soldier dressed in a combat uniform plays the bandura, a traditional Ukrainian stringed instrument. Taras Solyar joined the Ukrainian military shortly after Russia\u2019s invasion and became a member of the so-called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/culturalforces.org\/en\/military_en\/\">Cultural Forces<\/a>. That\u2019s a team of more than 80 active-duty Ukrainian soldiers who are also world-class artists: musicians, poets, writers, and puppeteers.<\/p>\n<p>Usually, they perform on the front lines, but one group of musicians has been touring in the United States, from the East Coast, across the country, and recently to California, where they stopped to perform in Culver City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArt alleviates the grinding sameness of war,\u201d Cultural Forces founder\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=523W1AFzx00\">Mykolai Sierga<\/a>\u00a0explains.\u00a0<strong>\u201c<\/strong>When somebody brings you into a different world, it refreshes you. Culture prevents rust on the soul.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":121322,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"kategorie":[],"class_list":["post-121321","arbeitsprobe","type-arbeitsprobe","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weltreporter.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/arbeitsprobe\/121321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weltreporter.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/arbeitsprobe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weltreporter.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/arbeitsprobe"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weltreporter.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weltreporter.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weltreporter.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weltreporter.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121321"},{"taxonomy":"kategorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weltreporter.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategorie?post=121321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}