…Christmas. These ranged from oxen yokes to various agricultural tools like sickles, scythes, or rakes, usually placed near didukh, believed to amplify each other’s protective powers. Do not engage in hard work Avoid laborious tasks during Christmas; this time is meant for spiritual devotion and reverence to God. Engaging in heavy work, such as needlework (knitting, sewing, embroidery), household chores…
Ukrainian wedding – Unique traditions, rich culture
…pillows and go to the house of the groom. Second day of celebration If the wedding is celebrated for two days, then in the house where newlyweds were sleeping, the next morning best men “collect dowry” by catching chicken, geese, and try to steal a broom (in order to make all girls run after them). Then the dowry is taken…