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This blog for children explains the origin of Vyshyvanka Day in Ukraine.

Wikipedia's account of the origins and growth of the international celebration of Vyvyvanka Day.

President Zelensky of Ukraine, in a khaki green vyshyvanka, wishes the world a Happy Vyshyvanka Day in a tweet for speakers of English from Ukrainian TV.

A tweet by a woman posting four photos of vyshyvankas that have been in her family for generations.

A tweet by a woman posting three photos of newborns wearing vyshyvanka, gifts of the Ministry of Culture during wartime.

Mary Hrynewych's dolls in traditional Ukrainian attire.

Ukrainian American Post-Fieldwork Community Workshop, fieldworker Robert Klymasz interviewing Mary Hrynewych, doll maker.

Taissa Decyk, a Ukrainina American embroiderer, demonstrates her stitching style for the Rhode Island Folk Life Project in 1979.

Pillow with blue decorative edging and blue and yellow embroidered motifs on white fabric.

Swatch showing the stages of laying down black work embroidery and then filling in with color. The work of Taissa Decyk.