#Wedding Traditions

An exploration of ancient Ukrainian wedding rites involving sheepskin and bread, ranging from symbolic inclusion in the family to the conflicting portrayals in folklore.

The ethnographic archives of the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Institute of Ukrainian Literature and Styler materials describe how the Ukrainian ancestors, by autumn omens — from the Day of Simeon the Stylite to Pokrova — predicted the weather, the harvest, and the timing of weddings, while observing strict taboos.