БОЙКИ | Boykos | Ukrainian Carpathian highlanders

Бойки (Boikos / Boykos) - Ukrainian highlanders of Halychyna in western Ukraine. Subgroup (one of the largest groups) of Ukrainian highlanders who inhabit the Carapathian mountains in south Lviv, and western Ivano-Frankivsk regions of Ukraine. Traditional Boiko music. Бойківщина. Українськи бойки. Бойківська музика. Origisn of Boikos are not clear. Some speak that they are of Slavic - Vlach (Romanian) mixture. Others say that this might be ancient Celtic grooup that stems from celtic tribe of Boi (same as ancient Boi of Bohemia).