CANORA – Even though the weather was overcast and dreary outside, there was plenty of energy inside the Canora Ukrainian Heritage Museum as residents gathered for Vyshyvanka Day on May 21.
"Vyshyvanka Day is celebrated each year on the third Thursday of May and has become an international celebration of Ukrainian culture, heritage and unity,” said Audrey Hrycak, museum member.
Vyshyvanka Day is a relatively new celebration, started by Lesia Voroniuk, a student at the Chernivtsi National University in Ukraine.
“It has grown into an international movement with millions of people across the world proudly wearing traditional embroidered shirts known as ‘Vyshyvanky,’” Hrycak said.
Dorothy Korol, also a museum member, said the importance of Vyshyvanka Day goes beyond the clothing.
“It is a sacred ritual, an amulet, and a symbol of Ukrainian culture and identity, passed down from generation to generation,” said Korol. “Each region of Ukraine has its own distinctive embroidery techniques and colour schemes. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, around 200 embroidery techniques were known across Ukrainian territories.”
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