The “Vyshyvanka Unites the World” unity video collage is ready to watch!
The international flash mob marking the 20th anniversary of Vyshyvanka Day, the celebration of the vyshyvanka (the traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirt), brought together people from every corner of the planet. Every photo and video you sent, every heartfelt “I wear my vyshyvanka for…”, has become part of one big, powerful film.
Thank you to everyone who took part!
The CNAUI Culture Department and project lead Lina Tsepla warmly thank all of you – children, adults, families and groups – for your smiles, your love of your homeland and for keeping the Ukrainian DNA alive. You have warmed the world with your kindness!
Together we have shown that the vyshyvanka unites the world! Enjoy the video!
International flash mob “Vyshyvanka Unites the World” 🌻
For the 20th anniversary of Vyshyvanka Day
Slogan
“Put on a vyshyvanka and warm the world with kindness!”
Dates
15–25 May 2026
Friends, this year Vyshyvanka Day celebrates a milestone – its 20th anniversary! To mark the occasion, the Culture Department of the National Congress of Ukrainian Associations in Italy (CNAUI) is launching the international flash mob “Vyshyvanka Unites the World”.
The aim of the flash mob: to show the whole world the beauty, strength and unity of the Ukrainian soul, and to prove that the vyshyvanka is our DNA, our talisman and our shared prayer that needs no words.
Who can take part?
Everyone, from anywhere in the world! Adults and children, families, groups, associations. If you love Ukraine and the vyshyvanka, you are one of us!
How to take part
- 3 steps:
1. Between 15 and 25 May, put on your vyshyvanka. - 2. Take a photo or record a video. Any format you like: with your family, on your own, with your children, with your colleagues.
- 3. Say your line. Add a caption to the photo or say it in the video:
“I wear my vyshyvanka for…”
For example: “…for my children”, “…in support of Ukraine”, “…for peace”.
Send your entries by 25 May to:
From all the entries we will make one big video collage of unity for the whole world to see!
Organiser
Culture Department of the National Congress of Ukrainian Associations in Italy
Project lead
Lina Tsepla
The vyshyvanka is the strength and unity of each of us. It is who we are.
Join in and become part of history!
#ВишиванкаЄднаєСвіт #VyshyvankaUnitesTheWorld #ДеньВишиванки #VyshyvankaDay20 #НКУАІ
Photos from the flash mob
Today is a great day!🩵💛
Though we are scattered across the world, we share the same DNA – our vyshyvanka.
Today the pupils and parents
of Class 2-B at Kotelva Hub Lyceum No. 1, Poltava Oblast❤️,
Rivne Lyceum No. 27 ❤️,
Vinnytsia Lyceum No. 15 ❤️
and Karlivka Lyceum No. 4 ❤️
embrace every Ukrainian with all their hearts, wherever you may be right now!
We are all one big, unbreakable family. Our shirts are not just clothes: they are our shared voice, proclaiming loud and clear: we are together, we are united, we are proud of our roots!
Our heartfelt thanks to class teacher Tetiana Mykolaivna Sheremet and to the organising teachers at the Rivne, Vinnytsia and Karlivka lyceums for nurturing this love in the children’s hearts.🥰
Happy Vyshyvanka Day, dear friends! Together across every distance!🩵💛
Kotelva Lyceum (Poltava Oblast), Rivne Lyceum, Vinnytsia Lyceum, Karlivka Lyceum No. 4, Bronnyky Gymnasium (Rivne Oblast), Gymnasium No. 4 (Horishni Plavni, Poltava Oblast), Varash Lyceum No. 6, Horodok Lyceum (Rivne Oblast), Chmyrivka Village Military Administration, Ratne Lyceum No. 1 named after Hero of Ukraine Eduard Kamardin, Uman Lyceum No. 2, the settlement of Dniprovske, Lanivtsi, Kremenets Academic Lyceum named after Ulas Samchuk
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