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The art of the Ukrainian towel

To embroider towels is an ancient Ukrainian folk custom. Various embroidered or woven compositions reflect the worldview and customs of ancestors. I have collected for you a selection of old towels of the 19th and 20th centuries from different parts of Ukraine.

If you are interested in the rites in which towels appear at weddings, I will share in one of the following posts😊 As you can see, the plot of the tree of life was very common�...

Proud to share

Friends, today I came to you with good news. Vladyslav sent us a photo report of the r!f|e he bought, for which we helped to raise money. R!f|e in a complete set: with sight, silencer, bipod, rangefinder, weather forecast.

A little later, Vlad sent me a photo of the defender of Ukraine medal he received from the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. So I'm proud to thank you for being involved in helping our soldiers who were...

R!f|e is bought!

Hi friends! I am proud to announce that we allocated UAH 67,000 for the r!f|e, Vlad agreed to divide the necessary rest into three payments from his salary, but we helped a lot😊

The complete purchased set includes a scope, a silencer, a bipod, a rangefinder, and a weather meter. All this will help the 68th brigade to be stronger and more effective in the Kharkiv direction. Thanks to everyone who participated!

We bought a radio station for our army💛

Friends, I sent a percentage of your last subscription fees to the fast purchase of an additional radio station with walkie-talkies, for communication at a stronghold on the front line in Kharkiv Oblast, because Vlad accepted a new company of soldiers.

I am grateful to everyone who subscribes to my Patreon to learn about the beauty of our culture and donate money to support our army🙏🏼

Fundraising successfully closed!💛

Good news! Thanks to your Patreon subscriptions and individual PayPal donations, we raised money for a car for the 68 brigade! The guys are incredibly happy and very grateful 😊 In the last photo, a correspondence with my friend from this brigade🙏🏼

Instead of a minibus, the guys decided to buy an off-road vehicle for the same needs (transportation of ammunition, food) on the front line. Namely, this car will serve them in the dir...

A great opportunity

Friends, hello! I have a very interesting offer for you😉

You know I'm currently fundraising for a mini bus to help the guys at the front move ammunition, their stuff and food. We are already close, which I am incredibly happy about.

Before the collection closes, you have a great opportunity to subscribe to my Patreon or raise the level of subscription, all the money you pay now will be accepted by me as a donation and I will sen...

Pre-Christian faith of Ukrainians

This month Iʼm going to open Pandora's box: I will talk about the pantheon of Gods in which our ancestors believed before the introduction of Christianity, information about which has reached us in written records.

What did the pre-Christian worship consist of and what was the basis of faith before the introduction of Christianity, which was deeply rooted in the worldview of Ukrainians and has grown to our time. It gave rise to unoffici...

Preview post for June😍

Hello! June is almost here, which means it's time to share a preview of the new month!

I invite you to an unforgettable journey of meeting summer in the Ukrainian style. I will tell you about the Green Holidays, they are also called Mermaid Week. You will learn about the traditions that were widespread in those days and what exactly mermaids are involved in them.

I will gladly devote a separate post on the Ethnography level to merm...

Let’s help Bim in Kharkiv

Friends, hello!

I announce a new fundraiser for a house for this dog. In the first photo, Bim is in the clinic, after an operation on broken paws. It is not known what happened to him near the front-line area, but he was found lying in the grass. He was rescued by the Kharkiv animal shelter, but currently the shelter is overcrowded, with a total of 120 animals already housed.

So I'm raising money to build a new enclosure for Bim so...

Next month's preview

The new theme of May will be the month of May itself😄

I want to describe how the peasantry lived at this time of year (the villagers and is a cultural primary source).

What did young people do, how did they have fun during this period of time?

What were the responsibilities of adult men and women, youth and children? And what exactly makes Ukrainian women so similar to ...

We managed it!

Friends, thanks to your Patreon subscription, we helped this woman with food for abandoned cats, which she picked up from the street during the war year. I also compensated the money for the operation and medicine for the cat whose eye did not open.

No more medical interventions are needed for these cats. Thank you to everyone who is interested in the culture of Ukraine, and this way donates money to such good causes🙏🏼☀️

Announcement for the month of April!

The theme of April is spring folk holidays, traditions and ceremonies. You will learn about the main Ukrainian holidays that are still alive today.

You will see the process of creating an easter egg with wax. In the video, I will tell you which patterns were used in different areas of the country and what exactly they meant💛

The egg is a pre-Christian symbol of life. Therefore, it took root precisely in the spring cycle of holid...

The kitten needs medical support

Friends, hello! I am writing to you with news from Olga Semenivna.

She performed eye surgery on one of the 40+ cats she picked up from the street over the past year. Unfortunately, there are a lot of abandoned/lost animals during wartime.

She asked us for help with medication for this cat to get it through the post-op period. I also offer to buy food for both cats and dogs, because it is quite difficult for her to feed so many of t...

Topic of the month. Prominent persons

March 9 will be the Birthday of the great Ukrainian writer, artist and public figure, Taras Shevchenko. Before that, it was the Birthday of an equally talented writer and feminist of her time - Lesya Ukrainka (February 25).

And I would like to dedicate the first month of spring to these persons. I will tell you interesting little-known facts from their lives and convey the significance and relevance of their activities in the present. 2023-03-07 13:45:19 +0000 UTC View Post

Updated merch

Friends, I updated my merch, so now you can get my painting Tree of Life, exactly the same painting from my video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/my-painting-tree-78353559?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postsh...

Romantic February

The month of February will mostly be devoted to romantic relationships and Ukrainian erotica. Not only because it is customary to celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14 in the world, but more because the transition from winter to spring has always been accompanied by the beginning of courtship and the formation of new couples.

So fasten your seat belts to dive into the world of Ukrainian flirting and sex education traditions.

For...

Abandoned pets and Olha Semenivna💔

Do you remember my story of helping a granny who asked Mr. M. and I to buy some food for her pets because she ran out of money? After that we took her contact to continue helping.

We called her today and asked what was necessary to buy again. She listed banal things like food, toilet filler and gave the name of medicines for sick cats.

Over 40 abandoned cats in Olga Semenivna's apartment, as well as several purebred dogs abandoned ...

Gifts for displaced orphans

The soul-warming and heart-breaking results of your Patreon subscriptions and PayPal donations.

The children in the photo used to live in Mariupol, Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Now they are in the center for displaced persons in the city of Dnipro. Some of them no longer have parents, some lost father on the frontline and remained only with their mother.

With your support, we were able to fulfill their small wishes and give them gi...

Another life saved

This is Jack, whom we together rescued in Kharkiv. He had a displaced fracture of his foreleg, and an X-ray showed two shrapnel in his abdomen. With the money we collected, he underwent an operation, now he can fully walk, his health is in good order. In the first photo, he is already after the operation, he was going to the shelter. Now he is afraid of everything and we hope that this is temporary and he will adapt, the shelter is very friend...

Fundraising for sick animals

Every of those pets you see have a serious health problem. They are in the Kharkiv shelter, which needs financial assistance.

Cats are treated for fip, dogs with fractures, diseased kidneys, cancer. They require surgeries, drips and medications that cost money.

If you are willing to help, subscribe to my patreon or send money to my paypal: mva.virgo@gmail.com, there is also a sepa transfer option: GB48CLJU00997181701577 (last phot...

Winter holidays

Winter came. The first snow fell and the rivers were covered with ice. In the village, all household chores have been completed. The owners hide their property, repair the sleighs and prepare for the winter holidays...

Housewives are spinning. The girls embroider and wash faces every morning with "the first snow" and wipe themselves with a red thread belt - "so that their faces are ruddy." Boys help their parents, and in their free time ...

Report about previous fundraising

Do you remember our fundraiser for medical food for sick cats? We collected 15,000 hryvnia for the shelter in Kharkiv. It is dark on the photos because, just like in Kyiv, there is a regular blackout.

Here are the words of thanks, which are addressed not only to me, but also to everyone who joined the fundraising: "Thank you for your help. This is a real wealth. It is not always possible to allocate such money for medical food. Thank you...

Fundraising for candles and portable gas stoves for families in need

Ukrainians learned how to fry eggs over candles. Now candles are a big consumable that needs money.

I am announcing a new fundraiser specifically for candles and portable gas canister stoves for people who are in critical situations. One such stove (9th photo) costs about $70.

In the Kyiv region, people have electricity, water and heating for only three hours a day, sometimes they don’t have it for a whole day.

Let me remin...

Medicinal food

The Kharkiv pet shelter needs special medicated feed for sick animals. The shelter is currently having a hard time due to the large number of new cats and dogs, many of them in need of medical rehabilitation.

We can’t cover the costs of all their needs, but I propose to raise money for their medical nutrition. You can see those who need it on photos in the cells.

Options how you can help:

- my PayPal: mva.virgo@gmail.com 2022-10-22 15:15:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Time to choose

Which of the Ukrainian historical groups would you like to learn about first?

Open attachments and try to quest who is who😉

Help for refugees from Zaporizhia

Today is a difficult day for Ukrainians, but I want to shed some light.I sent your contributions to the team of volunteers who already prepared and sent humanitarian aid mostly to refugees from the actively shelled Zaporizhia region. The priority remains unchanged - it is families with small children🙏🏼

Report from the pet shelter

The time has come to share the results of the construction of dog houses in the Kharkiv shelter.

These kennels will be used for those dogs that do not get along with others or for the adaptation of new ones, after which they will be released to all other dogs😊

It became possible thanks to your help💛