Exhibition
The Ukrainian Rushnyk — Family Ritual Heritage in the Honchar Collection
Ivan Honchar Museum — Ukrainian Centre of Folk Culture
The current exposition reveals one of the richest parts of the Honchar collection — over a thousand rushnyky from various regions of Ukraine, gathered during the 1950s-1990s. The exhibition is organised by ritual function: wedding rushnyky (for korovai, for icon, for newlyweds' hands), christening rushnyky (for wrapping the infant), funerary (for covering the coffin), festive (Easter, Christmas). Each regional school is presented separately: Sumy cross-stitch red-and-black, Poltava blue-and-yellow satin stitch, Podillia plant patterns, Polissia white-on-white lacework, the colourful chimerie of Prykarpattia. A separate section covers the ritual language of motifs: the Tree of Life, Berehynia, the Plougher, the symbolism of crosses, the sign-metrics of solar circles.
Location & Hours
📍 Address
вулиця Сагайдачного, 98, Чернігів, 14000
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