May 16 – Vyshyvanka Day

World Vyshyvanka Day is celebrated annually on the third Thursday of May. In 2024, the holiday falls on May 16. Vyshyvanka Day appeared on the initiative of a student Lesya Voroniuk of Chernivtsi University named after Fedkovych in 2006. She suggested that other students come to class in vyshyvankas on one day. At first, several dozen students joined the action. Then teachers began to come in embroidered clothes, and the holiday became famous in the city. Gradually, Vyshyvanka Day began to spread throughout Ukraine, but it is celebrated most magnificently in Chernivtsi. The date of the holiday is specially designated for a weekday to emphasize that vyshyvanka can be an ordinary everyday item, and not just a festive outfit.

This holiday is designed to preserve ancient folk traditions of creating and wearing ethnic embroidered Ukrainian clothes. Anyone can participate in celebrating the holiday by wearing vyshyvanka. In a relatively short time, this holiday evolved from a student action to an international scale. For Ukrainians, embroidered shirts are a symbol of national identity. However, they are currently worn all over the world as a sign of support for our culture and traditions, which gained special meaning during the war.

We invite our visitors to join the celebration of World Vyshyvanka Day. You have a good mood and you look good in vyshyvankas, and we have great locations where you can take incredible photos!

On the territory of our ethnographic courtyard "Grandfather's Hut", you can imagine yourself in an ancient Ukrainian village, wearing an ancient outfit. And you can wear stylized vyshyvanka as an element of a completely modern costume, because the unique feature of Ukrainian vyshyvanka is that it is not only an element of historical national clothing, vyshyvanka is a modern everyday or festive dress of Ukrainians!

Let's join the flash mob!