UKRAINIAN WEEDING Pre-wedding A typical Ukrainian wedding usually last 2 or 3 days. First, they choose in which church they are going to be married. Then, they make a list to know who they will invite. When they went out of the building the people throw sweets and wheat and then give those flowers and congratulations. Sometimes he releases those pigeons, because the pigeon is the symbol of peace, love and devotion and because it is the most considered for the event. Then they go to take some photos and they have a dinner with the parents of both of them.
First Part Of The Wedding The first part of the wedding is the Blahoslovennya that means blessing. A few hours before the couple leaves for the church, the parents of the bride and the groom go to bride’s house for the Blahoslovennya. Later, the couple kneel down on a ritual material (Rushnyk). Then, parents bless their children, wishing them a happy and healthy life together. And it is there when the parents of both of them become one.
The Ceremony The bride and groom enter the church together and almost the whole ceremony is singing not speaking. After that, the priest blesses the wedding rings and he puts them on a finger of the right hand to the bride and to the groom. At the altar, they spread a Rushnyk, which is the ritual material. And the Rushnyk symbolizes the hope that the couple will never face poverty. Later, to signify their union, the hands of the bride and of the groom are joined together with the Rushnyk. Finally, the crowning. At the crowning the bride and the groom put their right hand on the gospel. Crowns are put on the heads of the bride and of the groom and the crowns symbolize that they will be the queen and the king of their own family. After eating, the band begins to play and the people rose to begin to dance the Kolomeyka dance. The dance consists of a mixture of hops, kicks and circular turns.
RITUALS Ukrainian traditional wedding clothes: - BRIDE
· Vyshyvanka: It is a skirt and it has Ukrainian ethnic details in some parts of the skirt. · Seed beads jewellery: The bride must wear it, because it is a Ukrainian tradition.
- GROOM · Vyshyvanka: It is a shirt with Ukrainian ethnic details. · Krajika:it is a woven belt. It used to give more colour to the shirt of the groom.
Ukrainian traditional wedding food: · Korovai: is a traditional wedding bread
AUTHORS: Nerea Zubizarreta Ainhoa Garrido Eneko Gómez