World Vyshyvanka Day

Project Leader: Lesia Voroniuk

Notes: World Vyshyvanka Day has revived and widely popularised the Ukrainian traditional embroidered shirt among the population in Ukraine. For instance, children in kindergartens and schools, students, representatives of a wide variety of professions, deputies, ministers and presidents each take part in the initiative every year. The NGO has also established a group of embroidery craftswomen who create replicas of vintage shirts and has also built and further developed a wide network of researchers and embroidery masters from different regions of Ukraine. The celebration has helped to build relationships with partners in Europe and further afield by creating an exchange of cultures. It has also helped to foster a new consciousness in Ukraine and abroad of Ukrainians’ identity as a people with centuries-old traditions.