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St. Basil’s College, Stamford, Соцп.) Thursday has arrived. The fin al preparations are п о л у made. Tht bride and her retinue proceed to t'he forest to search for ever- grqens and flowers. They sing coining to and from the forest of what will happen that evening. All the women gather about a Krge table laden with the ever greens and flowers. They weave the flowrers, constantly singing. As the evenimg falls guests arrive at ihe bride’s home. When all the guests are introduced, the groom and his retinue proceed to the living-room where the bride waits with her parents. They greet him and invite him to some refresh ment. Before the groom sits at the table, he secretly approaches the bride’s brother and pays him for his placement to th,e bride. The violins sing out the happy strains of folk-dance and every one joins in the merry-making till late into the night. Saturday evening brings the beginning* of the marriage celeb ration proper. Both bride and groom with their separate trains dress in their own homes with the traditionally bright, colorful costumes. Dancing, mueic and singing brighten both homes. In the center of each home are two tables. On one table is a large dish containing sandwiches and fruits. Close to it is a large vat of whis key and rich wine. The other ta ble bears another empty dish, for money and gifts. AM during the night there is singing and danc ing. The older men and women form choruses, and express in song the different aspects of the future married life of the couple. Sunday morning the marriage moves into the most important day. The bride is dressed in her traditional costume and placed on a wooden tub covered with a soft pillow.. The women unplait her hair, letting her long tresses fall about her shoulders. They adorn her hair with a garland from which hang many multi-colored ribbons. She slowly rises and the first mai den to leap into her place will be the next to marry. One must re member that for every action there is a song. The groom now arrives with his train. The bride’s parents meet him at the door, giving him •bread and salt, symbolic of a man’s entire earthly wealth. The young pair kneel before their pa rents, who give them a blessing, so breaking all domestic ties with the pair. Each elderly person of both clans also gives this bless ing, while the music continues. The gathering then proceeds to the church for the Nuptial Mass and wedding. If the church is near, everyone walks, and as they walk, all the older people along the way give their blessing. The essence of the blessing is to wish both temporal and eternal happi ness,, and a numerous progeny for the couple. If the church is distant, each couple in the train rides in a wagon. After the ceremony in the church according to the ancient customs of the Byzantine rite, the assembly speeds to the bride’s home where the rich dinner is prepared and waiting. Dancing and singing go on until l-ate at night. The next morning the wo men take the young bride to church, where her pastor blesses her before the icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary. They return and dance and sing all day Monday; Tuesday the old men and women hold a dance; Wednesday they rest; Thursday the bridesmaids and ushers arrange a dance; F ri day nothing occurs ; and Saturday all who are able to lift a leg dance. Sunday the bride must The Ukrainian American Vet erans, a national organization comprising Veterans of Ukrain ian descent, is initiating the set ting up of a national Directory of Veterans of Ukrainian descent who had died, in the Armed Forc es of the United States in World W ar II and of those who are at the present time serviing their country. Irt is the belief of the Ukrainian American Veterans that over 150,000 Veterans of Ukrain ian descent served their country during World W ar I, II and are now doing their part in the pres ent emergency. It is the purpose of the U.V.A. to prove such a statement by means of this Direc tory. This Directory would also prove the contribution of the Uk* leave her home and enter her new home with her husband. Her mo ther takes a fur coat, turns it in side out and places it about the girl’s shoulders. The fur is analo gous to the feathers of a bird. As a mother bird sends off her off spring when it is full grown to seek iits own nest, so the bride’s mother s-ends her daughter off too. The bride then takes off her garland and throws it behind her. Whoever catches it will soon be married. They sit her on a stool, place a white sheet about her, and cut her long tresses short. They then place a handkerchief on her head. This is the exiternal sign to all the young men of the vil lage that she is married. Then they proceed to the groom’s hothe where the wedding reception con tinues for at least two more days. Considering the ritual which accompanies the sa-cramemt of matrimony, one can see that it shall have a tremendous effect on the newly married, couple. When a couple has completed these rit- uals, irt hardly seems possible that any such action as divorce could creep into the couple’s future life. The lasting impression left makes the marital bond so strong that it will remain till death. Moreover, the .ceremonies stress the impor tance of the progeny and create a greater respect for the family, known in all lasting cultures. rainian American people to the war efforts of the U. S. The Ukrainian Congress Com mittee of America, .recognizing the value of creating such a D ir ectory, nassed a resolution ap proving the project and requested its member groups to give everv possible cooperation to th.e U k rainian American Veterans. The U.V.A. requests all U k rainian American organizations, parents, veterans, and their fami lies, and individual to send the namjes and addresses of tfhose Veterans living, and those who have died, who served in World W ar I, II and who are at the present time serving t o : Ukrain ian American Veterans % W alter Baead, 80 St. Marks Place, New York 3, N. Y. DIRECTORY OF VETERANS OF UKRAINIAN DESCENT Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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