Record Ukrainian Easter amid Russian threat. PHOTO REPORT
Easter celebrations in Lviv served not only as a respite from the hardships of war but also as a powerful manifestation of the very Ukrainian identity that Russia seeks to erase.
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Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko and his vyshyvanka shirts
It is known that Ivan Franko “differed from the other men in his circle by his original outfits…
Olesya Sakhro & the art of thread painting
Olesya says that as soon as she holds a needle in her hand and opens her thread box…
PHOTOGALLERY: 2016 Vyshyvanka March in Kyiv
Several thousand people wearing Ukrainian ethnic costumes joined the "Vyshyvanka Mega-March" organized for the Day of Kyiv in…
Secret ancestral codes: 12 main symbols in Ukrainian embroidery
What are those mysterious sacred geometrical designs hidden in our grandmother’s treasure chest? They are not just circles,…