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LE ROUCHNIK : TISSU RITUEL UKRAINIEN

Expositions antérieures

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Du 25 mars 2023 au 10 septembre 2023
 
« Une maison sans un rouchnik n’est pas une maison. » – Proverbe ukrainien

Le mot « rouchnik » vient du mot « ruka », qui signifie « main ». Il peut désigner une serviette ordinaire, mais le rouchnik de cérémonie se caractérise par ses ornements et son importance. Dans presque tous les foyers ukrainiens, les portraits de famille – et plus récemment les photographies de famille – sont entourés d’un rouchnik. On croit que ce tissu protège la famille, la maison et le village. Le rouchnik est présent dans tous les rituels familiaux; on l’utilise, par exemple, pour emmailloter les nourrissons à leur naissance. Il occupe également une place prépondérante dans les cérémonies de fiançailles et de mariage. Fait remarquable, l’utilisation du rouchnik fait toujours partie intégrante de la culture ukrainienne malgré les bouleversements des vingtième et vingt et unième siècles.

Le Centre de pèlerinage du bienheureux Michael McGivney accueille cette exposition itinérante du Musée des icônes russes, à Clinton au Massachusetts. Cette exposition présente des rouchniks et des objets connexes issus de la collection de Franklin Sciacca, professeur associé de langue et de littérature russes au Hamilton College à Clinton, New York.

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LE ROUCHNIK : TISSU RITUEL UKRAINIEN

Detail image of embroidered Rushnyk from the Dolyna District, Ivano Frankivsk Region, Ukraine, made in the mid-20th century.
Detail image of embroidered Rushnyk from the Dolyna District, Ivano Frankivsk Region, Ukraine, made in the mid-20th century.
Rushnyky: Sacred Ukrainian Textiles
Detail image of embroidered Rushnyk from the Dolyna District, Ivano Frankivsk Region, Ukraine, made in the mid-20th century. Textile from "Rushnyky: Sacred Ukrainian Textiles," hosted at the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center from March 25, 2023 – September 10, 2023. This traveling exhibition was organized by the Museum of Russian Icons (now The Icon Museum and Study Center) of Clinton, Massachusetts and featured rushnyky and related artifacts from the collection of Franklin Sciacca, Associate Professor of Russian Language and Literature at Hamilton College in NY. The exhibit celebrated Ukrainian culture through one of its most ancient and valued traditions: rushnyky, ornately embroidered woven textiles used at the core of many life-cycle ceremonies and rituals.
Detail image of Merezhka Rushnyk with a double-headed eagle from the Poltava Region, Ukraine made in the mid-20th century.
Detail image of Merezhka Rushnyk with a double-headed eagle from the Poltava Region, Ukraine made in the mid-20th century.
Rushnyky: Sacred Ukrainian Textiles
Detail image of Merezhka Rushnyk with a double-headed eagle from the Poltava Region, Ukraine made in the mid-20th century. Textile from "Rushnyky: Sacred Ukrainian Textiles," hosted at the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center from March 25, 2023 – September 10, 2023. This traveling exhibition was organized by the Museum of Russian Icons (now The Icon Museum and Study Center) of Clinton, Massachusetts and featured rushnyky and related artifacts from the collection of Franklin Sciacca, Associate Professor of Russian Language and Literature at Hamilton College in NY. The exhibit celebrated Ukrainian culture through one of its most ancient and valued traditions: rushnyky, ornately embroidered woven textiles used at the core of many life-cycle ceremonies and rituals.
Detail image of embroidered funeral Rushnyk from Ukraine made in the mid-20th century.
Detail image of embroidered funeral Rushnyk from Ukraine made in the mid-20th century.
Rushnyky: Sacred Ukrainian Textiles
Detail image of an embroidered funeral Rushnyk from Ukraine made in the mid-20th century. Textile from "Rushnyky: Sacred Ukrainian Textiles," hosted at the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center from March 25, 2023 – September 10, 2023. This traveling exhibition was organized by the Museum of Russian Icons (now The Icon Museum and Study Center) of Clinton, Massachusetts and featured rushnyky and related artifacts from the collection of Franklin Sciacca, Associate Professor of Russian Language and Literature at Hamilton College in NY. The exhibit celebrated Ukrainian culture through one of its most ancient and valued traditions: rushnyky, ornately embroidered woven textiles used at the core of many life-cycle ceremonies and rituals.
Detail image of embroidered Rushnyk from Central Ukraine depicting a man and woman off to harvest with the date “September 5, 1942” beneath.
Detail image of embroidered Rushnyk from Central Ukraine depicting a man and woman off to harvest with the date “September 5, 1942” beneath.
Rushnyky: Sacred Ukrainian Textiles
Detail image of embroidered Rushnyk from Central Ukraine made in 1942. This genre scene depicts a man and woman off to harvest with the date “September 5, 1942” beneath. This suggests a commemoration of a birth or a wedding in the middle of the war. Textile from "Rushnyky: Sacred Ukrainian Textiles," hosted at the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center from March 25, 2023 – September 10, 2023. This traveling exhibition was organized by the Museum of Russian Icons (now The Icon Museum and Study Center) of Clinton, Massachusetts and featured rushnyky and related artifacts from the collection of Franklin Sciacca, Associate Professor of Russian Language and Literature at Hamilton College in NY. The exhibit celebrated Ukrainian culture through one of its most ancient and valued traditions: rushnyky, ornately embroidered woven textiles used at the core of many life-cycle ceremonies and rituals.
Detail image of a woven Rushnyk with double headed eagles from Krolevets City, Sumy Region, Ukraine made in 1904.
Detail image of a woven Rushnyk with double headed eagles from Krolevets City, Sumy Region, Ukraine made in 1904.
Rushnyky: Sacred Ukrainian Textiles
Detail image of a woven Rushnyk with double headed eagles from Krolevets City, Sumy Region, Ukraine made in 1904. Textile from "Rushnyky: Sacred Ukrainian Textiles," hosted at the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center from March 25, 2023 – September 10, 2023. This traveling exhibition was organized by the Museum of Russian Icons (now The Icon Museum and Study Center) of Clinton, Massachusetts and featured rushnyky and related artifacts from the collection of Franklin Sciacca, Associate Professor of Russian Language and Literature at Hamilton College in NY. The exhibit celebrated Ukrainian culture through one of its most ancient and valued traditions: rushnyky, ornately embroidered woven textiles used at the core of many life-cycle ceremonies and rituals.
Collection of wooden tools for producing linen.
Collection of wooden tools for producing linen.
Rushnyky: Sacred Ukrainian Textiles
Collection of wooden tools for producing linen from "Rushnyky: Sacred Ukrainian Textiles," hosted at the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center from March 25, 2023 – September 10, 2023. Tools include weavers comb (berdo), flax combs (hetchel and hrebin'), scutching knife, spindles, spindle worl (priaslo), flax, loom weight, and mangle (rubel'). This traveling exhibition was organized by the Museum of Russian Icons (now The Icon Museum and Study Center) of Clinton, Massachusetts and featured rushnyky and related artifacts from the collection of Franklin Sciacca, Associate Professor of Russian Language and Literature at Hamilton College in NY. The exhibit celebrated Ukrainian culture through one of its most ancient and valued traditions: rushnyky, ornately embroidered woven textiles used at the core of many life-cycle ceremonies and rituals."