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Rushnyk Altar Cloth ~ Small
CAD $50.00
Rushnyk are ritual cloths embroidered with symbols and cryptograms of the ancient world. Used in sacred Eastern Slavic rituals, religious services and ceremonies such as weddings and funerals. Patterns with hidden meaning, passed down from generation to generation. In the home, people drape them around icons in the red corner or place them around pictures. From family photographs to images of important persons. Ukrainian Hutsuls hung them in the window to inform of deaths in the family. A rushnyk covers the deceased and the oxen or horses pulling the hearse. People lowered coffins into the grave with rushnyky, and they then draped the cross over the grave with one.
They decorated the ice cross on Epiphany and the birch tree during the Feast of the Trinity. At Easter, people placed it on the food they brought to church to bless it. During the Blessing of the Graves, they laid it under the food offerings that they placed on the grave. People used it year round, and they could always find it decorating icons and the sacred “Red Corners” in homes. During Kupala, people used rushnyky and flower wreaths for decorating roadside crosses. People tied the final sheaf of grain gathered during the harvest with a rushnyk. On Saint Andrew’s day, girls hung rushnyky outside their windows at night to find out whether or not they would get married. When constructing a house, workers hoisted the final beam into place with rushnyky, which they then gave to the workmen as gifts.
Rushnyk accompanied a person through life; people placed newborns on them; when young men left home, their mothers gave one to them. They played an important role in wedding rituals, engagement ceremonies and weddings. People tied couples’ hands with rushnyk; they wore it across the chest during the shower, and they even carried it when inviting guests to the wedding. Bride’s gifted them to the groom, in-laws, and matchmakers.
The couple wore rushnyky at departure from the home and stood on one during the church service. They laid the wedding ritual bread on a rushnyk.
This is a symbol of the family hearth, a link between the living and the dead.
Made in Ukraine
28 inches in length
In stock
Additional information
| Weight | 400 g |
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| Dimensions | 30 × 30 × 3 cm |
Description
Rushnyk are ritual cloths embroidered with symbols and cryptograms of the ancient world. Used in sacred Eastern Slavic rituals, religious services and ceremonies such as weddings and funerals. Patterns with hidden meaning, passed down from generation to generation. In the home, people drape them around icons in the red corner or place them around pictures. From family photographs to images of important persons. Ukrainian Hutsuls hung them in the window to inform of deaths in the family. A rushnyk covers the deceased and the oxen or horses pulling the hearse. People lowered coffins into the grave with rushnyky, and they then draped the cross over the grave with one.
They decorated the ice cross on Epiphany and the birch tree during the Feast of the Trinity. At Easter, people placed it on the food they brought to church to bless it. During the Blessing of the Graves, they laid it under the food offerings that they placed on the grave. People used it year round, and they could always find it decorating icons and the sacred “Red Corners” in homes. During Kupala, people used rushnyky and flower wreaths for decorating roadside crosses. People tied the final sheaf of grain gathered during the harvest with a rushnyk. On Saint Andrew’s day, girls hung rushnyky outside their windows at night to find out whether or not they would get married. When constructing a house, workers hoisted the final beam into place with rushnyky, which they then gave to the workmen as gifts.
Rushnyk accompanied a person through life; people placed newborns on them; when young men left home, their mothers gave one to them. They played an important role in wedding rituals, engagement ceremonies and weddings. People tied couples’ hands with rushnyk; they wore it across the chest during the shower, and they even carried it when inviting guests to the wedding. Bride’s gifted them to the groom, in-laws, and matchmakers.
The couple wore rushnyky at departure from the home and stood on one during the church service. They laid the wedding ritual bread on a rushnyk.
This is a symbol of the family hearth, a link between the living and the dead.
Made in Ukraine
28 inches in length
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