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15 September 2008 17:03

Kateryna Yushchenko Takes part in the Borshchiv Embroidered Shirt within the Context of Ukrainian National Costume Conference

September 14, 2008, Head of the Supervisory Board of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation Kateryna Yushchenko took part in the Borshchiv Embroidered Shirt within the Context of Ukrainian National Costume scholarly conference. The event was part of the Vyshyvankas Blossom in the Borshchiv Land ethno festival in Borshchiv, Ternopil oblast. Among the participants of the conference were Ukrainian and Polish ethnographers.

Mrs. Kateryna thanked the organizers and participants of the conference for their grounded approach to the protection and research of national traditions. “You not only protect but also study this unique historical heritage,” she said.

On behalf of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation, Mrs. Yushchenko gave the director of the Tenopil Oblast Children’s Library a UAH 30,000 certificate. This library was among those who have suffered the most from the July 23-27 flood. The donated money will be used for renewing the destroyed library.

The conference also featured a presentation of the Borshchiv Shirts from Vira Matkovska’s Collection album. The album’s compiler Ms. Bulhakova-Sitnik narrated the history of the Borshchib black vyshyvanka shirts, while Director of the Borshchiv Local History Museum Mykhaylo Sokhatsky compared the Trypillia patterns on the numerous archeological finds from Borshchiv district to the traditional local embroidery motifs.

Mrs. Kateryna toured a display of vyshyvankas from Vira Matkovska’s private collection and the Borshchiv Local History Museum, featuring archeological finds from the Trypillia and Cherniakhovsk cultures along with a broad range of local embroidery samples.