Today is a holiday that honors the unique and distinctive Ukrainian culture and ancient traditions – Vyshyvanka Day.
Ukrainian vyshyvanka is not just a shirt decorated with embroidery. From ancient times the vyshyvanka was a talisman that protected from evil, was a symbol of health and happy fate. The vyshyvanka symbolizes national identity and carries the spiritual connection of many generations.
Vyshyvanka Day is celebrated annually on the third Thursday of May. It is noteworthy that it was founded by students of Chernivtsi University in 2006.
On the occasion of the holiday, the Ukrainian State Center for International Education initiated a flash mob among foreign students studying in Ukrainian higher education institutions. Its purpose is to popularize the vyshyvanka and the cultural heritage of the Ukrainian people in the world. The flash mob was supported by more than 50 students from 16 higher education institutions of Ukraine:
• Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University
• Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University
• Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas
• Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
• Lviv University of Trade and Economics
• Interregional Academy of Personnel Management
• Poltava National Technical Yuri Kondratyuk University
• Sumy State University
• Sumy National Agrarian University
• Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University
• I.Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University
• “KROK” University
• Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics
• V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
• Cherkasy State Technological University
• Bohdan Khmelnytskyy National University of Cherkasy
Videos can be viewed at the link:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=475074890269055
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1101171173699738
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2282785071852879
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1181728655613473
We are sincerely grateful to you, dear students, teachers and specialists of structural subdivisions of universities that take care of foreign students, for joining the flash mob and promoting Ukraine!
Embroidered clothing not only emphasizes our national identity – it unites all those who respect Ukraine, all over the world.
Happy World Vyshyvanka Day!