On May 18, when Ukraine celebrates the Day of the Embroidered Shirt and the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Crimean Tatar Genocide, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky appeared in an embroidered shirt, the ornament of which is of particular importance.
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This year, two meanings are united by one date, May 18th. 79 years ago on this day, the Soviet authorities began the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people. The people that they wanted to erase, deprive of their homes, deprive them of the right to life. But the people survived. And he will live freely!, Zelensky wrote on Instagram.
Today I am wearing a special vyshyvanka with ornaments symbolizing the unity of the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar peoples. Symbols of our strength and desire to live in our home.
Let this Vyshyvanka Day in Ukraine be a reminder of what our people had to go through and how strong our culture is. Eternal memory to all our people whose lives were claimed by totalitarian regimes! We respect our peoples, their strength and culture!” he urged.
Today in Kyiv, the monument to the victims of the Holodomor was dressed in an embroidered shirt for the first time.
During the years of the Holodomor, Ukrainian children were deprived not only of a piece of bread, but also of a happy childhood – entertainment, beautiful clothes, carefree everyday life and holidays. On Vyshyvanka Day, with this symbolic action, we want to remember their lost childhood and remind them that today, right at the same time, they are stealing from modern children, depriving them of the right to security, education, and often even life, the organizers explain. Museum of the Holodomor.
Source: Racurs
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