Every year on the third Thursday of May Ukrainians all over the world celebrate Vyshyvanka or embroidered clothes Day. 

Vyshyvanka is Ukrainian national embroidered shirt that impresses with its beauty and diversity. Each stitch, star or flower has its own meaning.

Ukrainians believe that embroidery is a peculiar talisman protecting against everything bad and try to represent happiness, fate, life, victory and power in the ornaments.

Nowadays the Ukrainians are using embroidery to stand up to russia, to manifest their national identity and to celebrate future victory over the enemy.

The staff of the Embassy of Ukraine in the USA gathered today for a group picture – all wearing vyshyvankas as a symbol of the Ukraine’s strength, resilience, dignity and beauty amid the ongoing russian aggression.