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Home / News / FSU Global / FSU celebrates Vyshyvanka Day with local Ukrainian diaspora


FSU celebrates Vyshyvanka Day with local Ukrainian diaspora

By: Kelsey Klopfenstein, Elliott Finebloom | Published: May 16, 2024 | 4:54 pm | SHARE: Share on FacebookShare on LinkedInShare on X

Members of the Ukrainian diaspora in Tallahassee gathered with FSU students, faculty and staff for a Vyshyvanka Day celebration Wednesday, May 15, at The Globe Auditorium. (Elliott Finebloom, LSI at FSU)
Members of the Ukrainian diaspora in Tallahassee gathered with FSU students, faculty and staff for a Vyshyvanka Day celebration Wednesday, May 15, at The Globe Auditorium. (Elliott Finebloom, LSI at FSU)

Florida State University’s Ukraine Task Force and the Center for Global Engagement held a celebration for Vyshyvanka Day Wednesday, May 15, in The Globe Auditorium that featured Ukrainian appetizers, special presentations and an opportunity for the FSU community to engage with the Ukrainian diaspora in Tallahassee.

Vyshyvanka Day is an international holiday that aims to preserve the Ukrainian folk traditions of creating and wearing ethnic embroidered clothes called vyshyvankas. It is celebrated the third Thursday of May. Vyshyvankas, along with pysankas (traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs), are one of the best known symbols of Ukrainian culture.

Established in 2022, FSU’s Ukraine Task Force was created to forge partnerships between FSU and Ukrainian scholars and educate the FSU community about Ukraine. The charge was to explore mechanisms and actions whereby the university can provide meaningful help locally, nationally and internationally to affected students, scientists and academics. FSU’s Ukraine Task Force is under the purview of Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at FSU and is led by director Vilma Fuentes.

A member of the Ukrainian diaspora in Tallahassee talks with students during a Vyshyvanka Day Celebration Wednesday, May 15, at The Globe Auditorium. (Elliott Finebloom, LSI at FSU)
Vyshyvanka is a traditional hand-made blouse in Ukraine that’s embroidered with threads of various colors. It’s part of the Ukrainian national costume and is one of the best known symbols of Ukrainian culture. (Elliott Finebloom, LSI at FSU)
Anna Romanova, a former member of Ukrainian Parliament and current researcher at LSI at FSU, with two other members of the Ukrainian diaspora in Tallahassee. (Elliott Finebloom, LSI at FSU)
A member of the Ukrainian diaspora in Tallahassee talks to students about pysankas, the traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs that are another widely known symbol of Ukrainian culture. (Elliott Finebloom, LSI at FSU)
An educational display informed attendees about Ukraine and its relationship with the United States during the Vyshyvanka Day celebration Wednesday, May 15, at The Globe Auditorium. (Elliott Finebloom, LSI at FSU)
Community member Chrystia Gaynor speaks with Vilma Fuentes, program director of FSU’s Ukraine Task Force, and Lisa Ryoko Wakamiya, associate professor of Slavic. (Elliott Finebloom, LSI at FSU)

Posted in: FSU Global, Students & Campus Life | Tagged: Center for Global Engagement, Division of Student Affairs, FSU Global, Learning Systems Institute, Ukraine

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