National Unity Rushnyk at The Ukrainian Museum, New York City, January 25, 2008
Рушник Національної Єдності в Українському Музеї в Нью-Йорку, 25 січня 2008 р.
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The 9-meter bolt of linen was produced between 1952 and 1955 by Kateryna Andrushchak and her family in the village of Siomaky, Khmel'nytska Oblast.
In accordance with ancient rituals, the linen was washed in the river...
...then dried in the sun.
To date, more than 1,000 embroiderers in Ukraine have worked on the Rushnyk. Small patches remain to be completed by Ukrainian communities in the Diaspora. January 25, 2008, The Ukrainian Museum. Rushnyk of National Solidarity
The 9-meter bolt of linen was produced between 1952 and 1955 by Kateryna Andrushchak and her family in the village of Siomaky, Khmel'nytska Oblast.
In accordance with ancient rituals, the linen was washed in the river...
...then dried in the sun.
To date, more than 1,000 embroiderers in Ukraine have worked on the Rushnyk. Small patches remain to be completed by Ukrainian communities in the Diaspora. January 25, 2008, The Ukrainian Museum. Rushnyk of National Solidarity

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