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EASTER IN PODOLIA 11 is the Sunday before Easter. After the liturgy the church empties of people carrying pussy willow bran ches. They have been blessed and now friends pat each other with these twigs, saying that the holy Day of Christ’s Ressurection is but a week away. Preparations for the Easter holiday has been in full swing in the village for some time. Everyone participates in the general cleanup around the house, inside and out. The straw wall (zahata) around each house, put up to keep the cold out, is being torn down and “pryspy” or mud benches running alongside the house are repaired. The weather is still nippy, although spring is in the air and, hands become chapped quickly. Yet no one com plains. Young girls are putting finishing touches on their Easter outfits. All during Lent they embroidered new blouses and aprons to match their cherished skirts, richly pleated and kept in clothes chests to be worn only for special occasions. A wealthier householder bought several strings of new beads for a daughter on the verge of marriage, so that she would look special for the holiday. As for the young men, well, they too look forward to wearing new vests for the Easter festivities. On Holy Thursday, the mistress of the house bakes “ pasky” — the Easter bread. Great care is taken with its preparation and baking because if a paska does not rise or cracks and falls apart while baking, then it is believed someone in the family will not live to see the following Easter. For Easter time the whole house is spotless. The floor has a new coating of yellow clay and the parental bed is covered with a white, bedspread, with pillows so high they almost reach the ceiling. There are flowers everywhere as well as silver and gold winged doves suspended from th ebeams. Everything is in readiness for the big day. Easter Sunday. The sun has not risen yet, but already a procession of villagers are on their way to church. The men-folk lead the way. Dressed in long, snow white fur coats, with hats on their heads, they are imposing and stately . Young men wear doubly woven white jackets, decorated with red embroidery. These young bucks are also proud of the black hats they wear, because it means they have been to the city. As everywhere, here also there is a difference of opinion between the older and younger generation pertaining to “new fads and fashion.” Women of the village are beautifully and colorfully dressed. Older women wear skirts of richly painted fabric and embroidered aprons. Their jackets are belted with a wide, red sash. Older women cover their heads completely with fine woven material in the traditional manner, while married women use scarves as headcov- erings. All clothing is made of purchased fabric except the shirts, which are made of hemp at home. Women of the village wear rows and rows of beads; the wealthier ones don more strings of thicker beads. Young girls, those of marriageable age, are espe cially pampered in the way they are dressed for the Easter holiday. A large scarf is twisted and tied around the girl’s forehead, forming a head band effect, with the ends down her back, almost to the floor. The whole head is covered with many colored ribbons. With a flowered-print skirt, a young girl also wears an embroi dered shirt, bodice and apron. If it’s cold, she may wear a jacket of a dark red or black broadcloth, decorated with woven ribbons. 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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