The art of the Ukrainian towel
Added 2023-10-30 17:50:28 +0000 UTCTo embroider towels is an ancient Ukrainian folk custom. Various embroidered or woven compositions reflect the worldview and customs of ancestors. I have collected for you a selection of old towels of the 19th and 20th centuries from different parts of Ukraine.
If you are interested in the rites in which towels appear at weddings, I will share in one of the following postsπ As you can see, the plot of the tree of life was very commonπ Also, two doves were usually embroidered on wedding towels, these are the images of the bride and groom, and combining their two life paths into oneπ I also embroidered on my wedding towelπ€
Woven and embroidered towels were used not only for ceremonial actions at weddings. There are also separate towels for icons in churches and at home, they are also used to decorate wedding photos in frames on the wall. A newborn baby was carried to baptism on a towel, and a person was escorted on his last journey. Much of the above still lives in our everyday life and traditions, even if in a simplified version.
I took all photos of towels from ethnographic collections:
https://vskrynia.com.ua and https://honchar.org.ua/en
Which of the presented towels is your favorite?
Comments
They're all beautiful, but I think yours is the best.
SomeCdnGuy
2023-10-31 23:32:26 +0000 UTC
