Ukraine wedding

Two-tier traditional Ukrainian wedding bread "Korovai" including wheat, flowers, doves, swirls, pine cones, grapes, braids, periwinkle and kalyna.

Korovai, a traditional sweet bread with all kinds of ornate decorations, is the centerpiece at weddings in Ukraine.

Ukrainian weddings are a beautiful event filled with gorgeous dresses, mountains of delicious food, and lots of dancing. After attending a Ukrainian wedding, we couldn’t believe some of these surprising Ukrainian wedding traditions! Read all about paying the ransom and kidnapping the bride—it’s not what you think! #Ukraine #WeddingTraditions #UkrainianWedding #UkrainianDress #UkraineTravel #UkraineAesthetic

Learn more about these important Ukrainian wedding traditions, customs and rituals as you plan your special day.

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Beautiful embroidered wedding towels are still used by Ukrainian couples on their big day. Though, these days, only 1 rushnyk mostly appears during the ceremony, while in old times, dozens of such ornate towels were used. There is even a curious and funny wedding superstition regarding the traditional rushnyk. It seems Ukrainians really love their tradition of needlework, and so they buy or make embroidered towels for the wedding even in the 21st century.

To honor their respective Chinese and Ukrainian backgrounds, Alyssa Tang (35 and a fashion designer) and Andrew Bortnyk (35 and works in software sale

Korovai on display at the reception