Ukrainian wedding traditions

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Ukrainian wedding is the marriage custom in Ukrainian culture both in Ukraine and her diaspora. The traditional weddings included folk song, dance, music, and visual art, with rituals dating back to pre-Christian times. Over time, the ancient customs became less significant, and the Church took their place.

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[edit] Features

  • Rushnyk - The rushnyk are embroidered towels. They are used as decorations during traditional weddings, and often have pairs of birds embroidered on them, used to represent the couple.[1]
  • vesillia
  • svashky - Woman's choir
  • divych vechir
  • Korovai - the Korovai is the traditional symbolic wedding bread. Traditionally it was a large round braided bread, baked from wheat flour and decorated with symbolic flags and figurines, such as suns, moons, birds, animals, and pine cones.[2] It was given to the bride and groom as a blessing. [3]
  • Periwinkle Crowns
  • Bread and Salt
  • Hand Fasting
    Hand Fasting at a civil ceremony
    Hand Fasting at a civil ceremony
  • Music
  • Dance
  • Wedding Songs
  • Attire
    • Folk Dress
    • Formal

[edit] Locations

[edit] Weddings

  • Historic
  • Medieval Rus'
  • Cossack
  • Arranged
  • Regions
    • Hutsul
    • Central Ukraine
    • Ukrainians in Canada
    • Ukrainians in Romania
  • Soviet Influence
  • Present Day

[edit] Reception

  • Vesillia

ВЕСІЛЛЯ

[edit] Weddings in Literature

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dr. Natalie Kononenko. Ukrainian Village Project Rushnyky - Ritual Uses
  2. ^ Betsy Oppenneer. Celebration Breads: Recipes, Tales, and Traditions . Simon and Schuster, 2003. ISBN 0743224833
  3. ^ Korovai at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine

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