Father Ivan of Kryvorivnia village, MPs Yurii Solovei, Dmytro Linko, head of the Hutsulshchyna Union NGO Dmytro Stefliuk, deputy head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Council Serhii Basarab, MP Mykola Kniazhytskyi, wife of the ex-President Maryna Poroshenko, former President Petro Poroshenko, head of the Verkhovyna District Council Ivan Shkyndiuk and head of the Verkhovyna District State Administration Oleh Liutyi (L to R) attend the Polonynske lito 2019 (Polonyna Summer 2018) Hutsul Folk Festival held during the VIA CARPATIA International Forum of Cultures of Eastern and Central Europe, Verkhnii Yaseniv village, Ivano-Frankivsk Region, western Ukraine, June 16, 2019. The festival celebrates Hutsul culture and Hutsul shepherds who spend from three to five months on the pastures tending to livestock. Ukrinform. /KDR/