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Modern Women Wearing Traditional Ukrainian Crowns Give New Meaning To Ancient Tradition
Slavic workshop Treti Pivni (translated as Third Rooster) has recently created an amazing new series of portraits featuring women and children wearing traditional Ukrainian headdresses. It was created to pay homage to their homeland while sharing a message of peace, tenderness, and knowledge of the Ukrainian culture with the world.
Traditionally, these floral headdresses are worn by young, unmarried women as a sign of their "purity" and marital eligibility. In pre-Christian times, they were even thought to protect innocent girls from evil spirits. Currently, after the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, the headdresses are being worn in daily life to symbolize national pride.
"I think we are coming back to floral themes because fashion is starting to react on wars that we are having around the globe. We need some tenderness.", model Nadiia Shapoval told Vogue Magazine.
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Tatiana Laboda 9 years ago
I would not say this is traditional, I'd say this is some creativity based on traditional headdresses (those at the end of this list are more traditional). Though it does look very beautiful.
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Yvonne Bernal 9 years ago
At first I thought of a peacock... and then I noticed the peacock feathers in the back
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Barbara Palewicz-Ryży 9 years ago
Trochę się na te wianki ostatnio napatrzyłam :-D
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Richard Petch 9 years ago
They look very strict, I wonder if they use a cane or a whip to punish their menfolk.
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Richard Petch 9 years ago
She has Viking blood running through her veins with hair that colour.
Lisbeth 9 years ago
Astonishing! I had no idea that people so far north wear such like tribal head crowns! Beautiful!
Max O'Keefe 9 years ago
You do realise Ukraine is Eastern Europe, not Northern.
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Doris Pelger 9 years ago
It's not about the girls it's about the crowns and traditional clothes :-)
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Doris Pelger 9 years ago
Awesome pattern on sleeves and cuffs, in combo with the crown my number one.
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Alina Makarova 9 years ago
Great majority of featured headpieces are wedding crowns so the description is incorrect. Only the simpler flower wreaths are what unmarried girls wore and those are worn by people on daily basis to symbolise national pride. Not the crowns! Also Maysternya Treti Pivni creates photographs of complete traditional costumes from different regions of Ukraine not just of the headpieces. And it is not only to promote Ukraine in the World but also for Ukrainian people to know and cherish their culture in these turbulent times. It is so that the soldiers know what they're fighting for and for ordinary people not to cinpromise sbd give up on their identity under the pressure. So the message is way deeper than it is described here.... But yeah, they are absolutely breathtaking!
Cherie 9 years ago
Oh goodie, someone with no sense of, 'Oh, cool!' You had your say, I get that, but are you this much fun at parties too? Hope not.
Load More Replies... Yvonne Bernal 9 years ago
Thank you for the eye opener. I never knew this type of headdress even existed - Absolutely spectacular!
Joyce Laundrie 9 years ago
They are all beautiful; but # 12 is particularly stunning because of the simplicity it holds the reader in.
Alina Makarova 9 years ago
Great majority of featured headpieces are wedding crowns so the description is incorrect. Only the simpler flower wreaths are what unmarried girls wore and those are worn by people on daily basis to symbolise national pride. Not the crowns! Also Maysternya Treti Pivni creates photographs of complete traditional costumes from different regions of Ukraine not just of the headpieces. And it is not only to promote Ukraine in the World but also for Ukrainian people to know and cherish their culture in these turbulent times. It is so that the soldiers know what they're fighting for and for ordinary people not to cinpromise sbd give up on their identity under the pressure. So the message is way deeper than it is described here.... But yeah, they are absolutely breathtaking!
Cherie 9 years ago
Oh goodie, someone with no sense of, 'Oh, cool!' You had your say, I get that, but are you this much fun at parties too? Hope not.
Load More Replies... Yvonne Bernal 9 years ago
Thank you for the eye opener. I never knew this type of headdress even existed - Absolutely spectacular!
Joyce Laundrie 9 years ago
They are all beautiful; but # 12 is particularly stunning because of the simplicity it holds the reader in.
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