Sunflower
National Symbol of Ukraine
Ukrainians have always loved flowers. Flowers fill the yards
of village houses, and are woven into wreaths for girls to wear at
celebrations. They're embroidered on fabrics and painted on walls,
wooden furniture, and household items in a folk art called petrykivka,
added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural
Heritage of Humanity.
In our days, the flower -
soniashnyk in Ukrainian - has taken on new layers of
meaning, emerging as a “global symbol of resistance, unity and hope.
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