This collection includes an essay written by Greg Robinson for the course Ukrainian 499.
Sans titreThe essay "The Ukrainian wedding: The effect of memebership in Ukrainian cultural organizations on retention of Ukrainian wedding traditions" discusses the influence of cultural groups such as the "Shumka Dancers" in preserving and reviving traditional rituals, Appendix, Project Proposal, Annotated Bibliography
"Aspects of symbolically encoded interaction between insiders -The participants and audience of wedding rituals" discusses the wedding as a performance and drama. Includes bibliography.
"Symbolism in the wedding ritual marking the passage of a young woman from single to married status" discusses elements of in the Ukrainian wedding tradition that symbolize change for the bride. Includes bibliography.
"The Ukrainian Canadian Wedding" discuses studies of 20th century wedding practices of Ukrainian Canadians based on interviews.
Sans titreA wedding group photograph in front of the church wall painting (angels and 6 Archangels on the front). Wedding group is dressed in coats (early spring/late autumn)
Describes wedding customs in Ivanivtsi (Ivano-Frankivsk region) in the 1920's. The customs begin with courtship, and end with the purification or homecoming. Some of the informants also describe wedding rites in Bereziv
