My Ukrainian Adventures. My journey in summer time of 2006 took us to Ternopil (Ukraine) where we came across Maria for the very first time.

The images published are of y our activities within the 2 quick months of my see. Additionally now Maria and I also will include images and tales from a lot more of our activities. But our adventure that is biggest had been that individuals got hitched. RonZ

Ukrainian Clothes at Our Wedding

Bridesmaid Ira (Ternopil), bride Maria and groom Ron, groomsman Mykhajlo (Lviv)

Olya Chorna and her fiance Jim with wedding couple

Hi here, i will be Maria, i will be thrilled to talk to you once more. I would like to tell you about special wear on our wedding today. We state “special” because contemporary Ukrainian wedding absolutely don’t appearance like ours. Often regarding the contemporary Ukrainian wedding groom and bride are putting on exactly how to see who likes you on afroromance without paying the same like in every the whole world, its dress that is white bridal veil for bride and black colored costume with white top for groom. But Ronnie and I also made a decision to have a marriage in Ukrainian folk design and also to have costumes like our parents and grand-parents had. Additionally within our wedding invites we noticed about desirable dress-code for all your visitors, it had been conventional Ukrainian use or aspects of such use. Well, well, well! Whenever we knew just what will happened next! And took place such thing that numerous our guests had been dressed much more gorgeous than groom and bride! We also had been joking towards the Ron, “Are you truly yes that is your bride, taking a look at these gorgeous woman and girls? ”. But talking after all, it had been EXTREMELY pleasant to us to see a lot so good and people that are bright our wedding. Also it had been some secret rule and good indication for people, that almost everybody from the our wedding ended up being using in traditional Ukrainian clothing. Because embroidered Ukrainian shirt for Ukrainians it really is significantly more than wear. It really is icon of unity with the nation, and sign of Ukrainian soul, like Ukrainian language and song that is ukrainian. Oh, it abthereforelutely was so excited to choice a marriage costumes for people! I became hunting for the use for Ronnie and for me personally from the all Ukrainian souvenir markets of Lviv and Ternopil, and lastly i’ve found it! I purchased the majority of elements when it comes to our costumes in the Vernisazh Souvenir marketplace in Lviv. Specially i will be proud of my embroidered shirt that is long. Whenever my friend, ethnographer Mila Strotsen viewed this top, she stated, it had been made about 80 years back. We unearthed that top do not have any device stitch! Most of the manual work! The textile for top is from flax, and embroidery threads are woolen. They didn’t loss a сolor also through 80 years! Additionally we forgot to state that my shirt built in the Kitsman town (Bukovyna area). This area on the south from Ternopil state. And I also have always been particularly proud that my wedding top was produced in the Kitsman, regarding the motherland of extremely skilled and famous Ukrainian composer Volodymyr Ivasyuk, the expression of Ukrainian pop music tradition. Another crucial element of my wedding put it on ended up being unique woolen dress of two parts, Ukrainian name Plakhta. My wedding bouquet had been fashioned with components of tradition Ukrainian design too. It absolutely was really tender red flowers, another plants and natural herbs inherent in Ukraine, as well as oranges. My bouquet along with other wedding designs (reception’s hall within the restaurant, wedding coach) had been produced by Khrystyna Korolyuk, extremely florist that is talented designer from Ternopil. By the way, Khrystyna got hitched per week ahead of the our wedding, and she had a marriage in ukrainian design too. Okay, now about groom’s costumes. Ronnie’s wedding top we bought from the Lviv’s Vernisazh Souvenir marketplace too. The top of my hubby ended up being embroidered in this current year ( maybe perhaps perhaps not so “old” like mine), nonetheless it had been manufactured in the main one design with my top. Ron’s Ukrainian shirt had been produced from the flax’s textile too, also it embroidered by woolen threads. Additionally Ron had a pants of sand color through the flax’s textile and unique Ukrainian belt that is woolen the top. Oh! I must say about essential tradition that is ukrainian! Every bride had to embroider a wedding shirts for herself and for her groom in the old time. Now girl that is rare ensure it is, practically all the brides would rather obtain a tops into the grooms. Really, embroidered top is an element that is main of Ukrainian clothing, it making a 90% of beauty of the many costume. Consequently Ronnie and I also ended up being maintaining an attention that is big the shirt in range of our wedding use. Because of the real method, our visitors too. For instance, I was joking that Strotsen family members (Mila, her spouse Bohdan and kids Maxim and Katya) purchased up a half of Ternopil’s souvenir market. Yes, they’ve been bought their shirts that are embroidered belts specifically for our wedding. And Vira Matkovska, really famous Ternopil’s collector of western Ukrainian embroidery, picked up an excellent embroidered tops to three my buddies, Olya Chorna, Halya Vandzelyak and Anna Nikolajchuk. Specially I wish to say about Olya Chorna. She’s my friend that is best currently nearly twenty years. And Ronnie and I also had been really pleased to see on our wedding not merely Olya, but additionally her fiance Jim from Iowa (United States Of America). Olya and Jim has a wedding in August, 2008 and their wed are going to be in Ukrainian style too! Jim stated, which he already studies a married relationship vow by Ukrainian (my Ronnie stated their vow by English). He had an intentions to visit Ukraine later, in September, 2007 so we were very happy that Jim had changed his plans and arrived to our wedding, because before the our invitation. Night but he changed his decision for the one! Throughout the evening he booked a trip to Ukraine and resort in Ternopil, and then he replied, “Of program, i am going to come”. Many thanks a great deal, Jim! Also Olya purchased him a Ukrainian shirt for the our wedding too. Now these are generally considering selection of their wedding costumes. (Nevertheless we forgot to express a single important things. Our buddies Olya and Jim came across through Elenas versions (like Ron and I also did), and I also have always been very happy we assisted to Olya and Jim to get one another). My bridesmaid Ira from Ternopil (she actually is a child of Olya Chorna) bought a Ukrainian shirt particularly for our wedding, additionally she got a modern skirt in the main one design with top. Ronnie’s groomsman Mykhajlo from Lviv (he’s boyfriend of bridesmaid) had an embroidered shirt, and each of these, bridesmaid and man that is best, had a wonderful old Ukrainian belts, very nearly 100 years old! Most of the our visitors stated, it was SO EXCELLENT concept to put on Ukrainian garments, and these gorgeous costumes had been building an atmosphere that is really great the marriage!