Modern Ukrainian Wedding

Every­thing Ukrain­ian is in fash­ion! How nice to see that peo­ple are increas­ing­ly wear­ing embroi­dered shirts and things with nation­al orna­ments. There­fore, more and more often, new­ly­weds choose the Ukrain­ian style for their wed­ding, because it is rel­e­vant and very beau­ti­ful, by the way!

We will now talk not about a tra­di­tion­al Ukrain­ian wed­ding in com­pli­ance with all rit­u­als and rules, and not about a week-long cel­e­bra­tion with out­dat­ed con­tests.

Place

A wed­ding in the Carpathi­ans will turn out to be real­ly col­or­ful. Just imag­ine: amaz­ing moun­tain land­scapes, deli­cious cui­sine, hos­pitable peo­ple — it is in the Carpathi­ans that the Ukrain­ian soul is so well felt!

On the oth­er hand, nowhere will it be as emo­tion­al as in your home­town, with which so many fam­i­ly mem­o­ries are asso­ci­at­ed. In any city, you can eas­i­ly find a cozy restau­rant dec­o­rat­ed in Ukrain­ian style. Or orga­nize an out-of-town out­door cer­e­mo­ny by adding nation­al inte­ri­or items to the decor.

Decor and floristry of Ukrainian wedding

The most impor­tant thing is to fill the inte­ri­or with spe­cial mean­ing and spir­i­tu­al val­ue. Try to find some authen­tic items from Ukrain­ian cul­ture in your fam­i­ly heir­looms. For exam­ple:

All this will add fab­u­lous­ness, warmth and rus­tic com­fort.

The image of the bride

Now salons are begin­ning to appear, in which wed­ding dress­es are pre­sent­ed exclu­sive­ly in the Ukrain­ian nation­al style. These are dress­es made of lace, silk, organ­za, Ital­ian satin and gabar­dine, skill­ful­ly dec­o­rat­ed with tra­di­tion­al orna­ments, beads, red rib­bons, embroi­dered pop­pies or peri­win­kles.

And com­plete your look:

• Rib­bons woven into a braid, head­band or wreath of fresh flow­ers
• bright beads
• Embroi­dered clutch or shoes

Details

To make every­thing look har­mo­nious at the wed­ding, you need to think about the dress code of the guests. It will be great if the male half comes to the wed­ding in embroi­dered shirts, and the female half dec­o­rates her hair with a beau­ti­ful wreath of fresh flow­ers.

And as an enter­tain­ment for guests, you can order a mas­ter class on mak­ing motan­ka dolls. Each guest, if desired, will be able to make a doll with his own hands and keep it for him­self as a sou­venir.

Ukrainian wedding traditions

Undoubt­ed­ly, it is dif­fi­cult to imag­ine a Ukrain­ian wed­ding with­out observ­ing nation­al wed­ding tra­di­tions, because these are beau­ti­ful and very soul­ful rit­u­als.

The ran­som of the bride, the meet­ing with the loaf, the bless­ing of the par­ents, the farewell to girl­hood, the igni­tion of the fam­i­ly hearth are very valu­able and touch­ing moments that will fill the wed­ding with Ukrain­ian fla­vor.