Bandura Beige linen embroidered shirt with a collar

Vyshyvanka is dedicated to the national instrument - bandura

The idea to create the vyshyvanka was suggested by singer and bandura player Maryna Krut: “Why did they try to destroy the kobza and later the bandura? Because the kobza art had incredible power and an enlightening spirit that was disadvantageous to the government of the day,” - Maryna says.

“We took the main element of the embroidered shirt from the Veresayevka kobza, a characteristic carving in the form of a flower called a golosnyk. The shirt also features a lyric from the Ukrainian song “I would take a bandura”.

Antonina Lytvyn, a civic activist, folklorist, and poet, told the story of this song and mentioned that the original text is a story about a Cossack whose girlfriend was stolen by the Tatars: “And I was left here as a round orphan”.
Trying to rescue her, he lost his eyesight in captivity.

The text about his difficult fate was distorted in Soviet times, but the original has been preserved.
The blind Cossack returns home and learns to play the bandura to survive:
“I would take the bandura and play what I knew, because of that girl I became a bandura player.”

Straight silhouette shirt with raglan sleeves.
It has a V-neck with a turn-down collar.

Long sleeves with three pleats on the top,
gathered with an elastic band. Central 6-button fastener on the back.

Fabric - linen
Technique - satin stitch, cutout (machine embroidery)
Threads - cotton

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