Exploring Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online

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    This necklace has four medallions depicting religious icons. It was found c. 1900 near the village of Sakhnivka in the Cherkasy region.
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    Boryviter, or a windhover, is a bird able to hover in the air for a long time. The concept of the authors was emotional bond between the panel and the sea view from the window next to it, the bond evoked by the name and colors. This panel is also located in the "Aristocrat," the restaurant in Mariupol.
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    The artifact was made by one of the Kyiv Master goldsmiths, Master Byshevs′kyǐ, for an unknown marriage around 1857. This crown was made for the crowning ceremony of Eastern Christian wedding tradition. The crown of marriage would be placed on the groom's head, with a similar one for the bride, to signify Jesus Christ’s victory over sin, evil, and death. This ceremony would typically have friends, family, and clergy members in attendance and involve prayers and hymns. “An Explanation of the Crowning Ceremony.” Melkite Eparchy of Newton, https://melkite.org/faith/faith-worship/an-explanation-of-the-crowning-ceremony.
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    A traditional wedding wreath/flower crown. It is handmade using cutting and waxing techniques and is crafted out of paper, foil, paraffin, and wire.
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    A white flower crown with small pink and blue flowers for a wedding
  • https://gallery.sucho.org/files/original/wedding_flower_crown_KH-15486.jpg

    This Ukrainian wedding flower crown is made of paper, cotton fabric, paraffin, and wire. It was created in 1956 in Osichki of the Podilsk Raion of the Odesa Oblast.
  • https://gallery.sucho.org/files/original/honchar_crown_NDF-4776.jpg

    This traditional Ukrainian Flower crown was made using paper, foil, wax, and wire, and techniques such as cutting, and encaustic, which is hot wax painting. Crowns such as this one were worn by women of marital age to represent purity.
  • https://gallery.sucho.org/files/original/flowercrown_liliesofthevalley.jpeg

    This 20th century Ukrainian flower crown originated in Podilla. It was hand made using wire, paper, and encaustic painting with wax. It is a beautiful depiction of lilies of the valley woven into a crown. In Ukraine, the lily is symbolic of innocence and is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Because of this, It was not uncommon for these flower crowns to be worn at weddings by women, symbolizing purity as they entered their marriage.
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    A 3D virtual tour of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine - The historical museum welcomes you! On 4 floors, the history from the appearance of the first man to the present is reproduced. About 850,000 unique exhibits illustrating the path of Ukrainians and telling about its past and present. Be curious, learn and reinterpret history.
  • Roitburd_Artwork_1988_Vozdvyzhennya_krasyvogo_praporu_oil_canvas_150x146-968x1024.jpg

    Oil painting on canvas. Dimensions: 150 cm x 146 cm.
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