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A HEAVENLY EXHIBITION "Preservation of a country’s culture and heritage pro vides historical materials for reflection, education and posterity.” This is the opening statement of Robert W. Aber, Executive Director, Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences in Binghamton, NY, as writen in the excel lent catalogue, accompanying the Goddesses and Their Offspring: 19th and 20th Century Eastern European Embroideries exhibition, held at the Center in February of this year. Of special interest was the fact that Lubow Wolynetz, Curator of the Ethnographic Collection at The Ukrainian Museum in New York City, was one of four consultants for the exhibition. Preservation of culture is very evident in the adher ence to the traditional embroidery designs and tech niques of the various Eastern European groups of peo ples which have immigrated to the United States. For Ukrainians, embroidery is an inherent part of the rich folk art tradition which we admire today for the mastery of execution, the design and color schemes. Conceived and developed centuries ago, the art of embroidery was used not only for decorative purposes but also to convey a statement or message, usually with religious overtones. The true meaning and significance of these decorative motifs have been lost long ago, but the magic symbolism they relay is very evident. One of the most popular motifs used in embroidery, particularly on ritual cloths, rushnyky, was the image of the goddess or the mother-goddess of the earth — Berehynia. “Goddess of wealth, harvest and fertility, Berehynia is portrayed in a highly stylized fashion, with her arms upraised. She usually holds two flowers, on which roosters and other birds often perch. Some ritual Detail from rushnyk showing the highly stylized Goddess Bere hynia with the raised arms. Courtesy of The Ukrainian Museum in NYC. Деталь з рушника, на якому зображена стилізована боги ня ’’Берегиня" з руками, піднесеними вгору. Експонат з УМ в Нью-Йорку. Rushnyky, ritual cloths, at the Goddesses and Their Offspring exhibition. (I. to r. #7 & #3 Ukrainian rushnyky, from the Ethno graphic Collection, The Ukrainian Museum in NYC.) Рушники на виставці "Богині та їхні нащадки” (зліва на право, рушник ч. 1 і ч. 2) з колекції Українського Музею в Нью-Йорку. The stylized Goddess figure (above pockets) of the vest. Cur tesy of The Ukrainian Museum in NYC. Стилізована постать богині на кептарі. Експонат з колекції УМ в Нью-Йорку.
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