Ukrainian wedding traditions

Dousing with water or even pushing into the river, giving gifts of Easter eggs, embroidered handkerchiefs and shirts - this is how the path to marriage began for our ancestors.
How could you refuse the matchmakers, except to offer a pumpkin? Why is the request for a drink of water not as innocent as it might seem at first glance? What does a cracked loaf portend to the newlyweds and what is a wedding tree? How many kalachi will be needed for an authentic wedding and who should the bride invite to the dance first? And why did the bride have to unharness horses or drink from a sieve?
Ethnologist Lesia Horoshko-Pohoretska describes all the stages of an authentic Ukrainian wedding in her book - from courtship and matchmaking to the bride moving to the groom's house and tying a women's headdress. You will not only learn how a traditional Ukrainian wedding took place, but you will also be able to recreate some of its customs.