embroidery Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/embroidery/ Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire Thu, 24 Aug 2023 07:59:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://forgottengalicia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bird-150x150.png embroidery Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/embroidery/ 32 32 From Countryside to City: The Evolution of Ukrainian Urban Folk Fashion in Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/from-countryside-to-city-the-evolution-of-ukrainian-urban-folk-fashion-in-galicia/ https://forgottengalicia.com/from-countryside-to-city-the-evolution-of-ukrainian-urban-folk-fashion-in-galicia/#comments Thu, 24 Aug 2023 07:59:09 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=49460 Ukraine boasts an ancient and rich tradition of embroidery. Folk embroidery was deeply symbolic and connected with a great number of beliefs, myths, and superstitions. At the heart of this tradition was the shirt, known as the vyshyta sorochka or vyshyvanka. For centuries, Ukrainian embroidery was confined to the rural […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/from-countryside-to-city-the-evolution-of-ukrainian-urban-folk-fashion-in-galicia/feed/ 1 The Halychyna Town Costume: Modern Folk Attire for Galician Urban Folk https://forgottengalicia.com/the-halychyna-town-costume-modern-folk-attire-for-galician-urban-folk/ https://forgottengalicia.com/the-halychyna-town-costume-modern-folk-attire-for-galician-urban-folk/#respond Sat, 19 Aug 2023 12:53:05 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=50860 Following the dissolution of the Austrian Empire at the end of World War I, Galicia became a part of Poland, which exerted pressure on Ukrainian cultural identity. In response, a wave of Ukrainian national consciousness emerged among the middle class and urban populations. While desiring to express their Ukrainian heritage, […]

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