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[10]: 16 Ukrainian vyshyvanka is distinguished by local embroidery features specific to Ukrainian embroidery: The vyshyvanka not only speaks of its Ukrainian origin but also of the particular region in which it was made. The knowing eye could detect where a person hailed from by the clothes on their back. Embroidery is thus an important craft ...
An example of traditional Ukrainian folk embroidery. In Western Ukraine, especially the Hutsul region, embroidery uses geometric ornament and a sharply contrasting palette. Besides the now widely used cross-stitch, there is still the ornamental needle-weaving stitch called “nyzynka”, which is executed predominantly on the reverse of the ...
The embroidered sorochka shirt (Ukrainian: сорочка), also known as vyshyvanka, is the most important element of the Ukrainian costume. [1] Vyshyvankas were typically made from hemp of linen and differed significantly between regions, in both cut and decor.
Vyshyvanka Day is an international holiday that aims to preserve the Ukrainian folk traditions of creating and wearing ethnic embroidered clothes called vyshyvankas. It is celebrated the third Thursday of May. [1] Vyshyvankas are, along with pysankas (traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs), one of the best known symbols of Ukrainian culture. [1]
The Ukrainian diaspora is found throughout numerous countries worldwide. It is particularly concentrated in other post-Soviet states (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, and Russia), Central Europe (the Czech Republic, Germany, and Poland), North America (Canada and the United States), and South America (Argentina and Brazil).
Large-scale Ukrainian immigration to America did not begin until the 1880s. [9] In 1870-1914 the majority of Ukrainian immigrants came from Austro-Hungary (Galicia and other regions). They were described as Ruthenians, Rusyns, or “Russniaks.” Many arrived in New York City and Pennsylvania.
Vyshyvanka was made from handmade flax or hemp cloth. There existed many types of traditional shirts depending on the shape, materials, semantics of colors. They were named after Ukrainian ethnographical regions where they were produced, such as Podillia, Halychyna, Polissia, Volyn, Dnipro, Poltava, Hutsulshchyna, Bukovina, Lemkivshchyna and ...
Regions with significant populations; Ukraine 37,541,700 (2001) [2 ... an estimated number of almost 2.4 million people of Ukrainian origin live in North America ...