Kozak battle to be re-enacted at Texas fair (04/02/06)

Kozak battle to be re-enacted at Texas fair

TYLER, Texas Re-enactors from across America are converging on the Four Winds Renaissance Faire in Tyler, Texas, on April 8 and 9 to fight out a battle from the 1648 Ukrainian War of Liberation against Poland, led by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky complete with cannons, winged hussars and Kozaks!

In what may be the largest re-creation of this period in America, participants from living history groups and re-enactors from California to Virginia have been planning this event for over a year. To add to the realism, up to six cannons will be used, along with 50 fighting men and women, period firearms such as matchlock muskets, farm tools like three-pronged forks and, of course, the epitome of the Kozak arsenal the saber.

To maintain the authenticity of the re-enactment, the saber fighting will be in what is known as a "live blade" battle, where combatants will be fighting with real steel weapons and not with theatrical replicas in un-choreographed duels.

The scheduled battles will take place twice daily. In addition to the battles, a living history presentation on Kozak living, a war-game demonstration and other exhibits will entertain and educate attendees.

For more information regarding this event, readers may contact: Adam Roberts at maks_zobi@msn.com or (501) 655-2161; or visit the Four Winds Renaissance Faire website at www.fourwindsfaire.com or the Ukrainian American Society of Texas website at www.uast.org.

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