UKRAINE-TRADITIONAL CLOTHING PARADE Kiev residents express their patriotism in parade of traditional clothing

Record ID: 450917

  • Title: UKRAINE-TRADITIONAL CLOTHING PARADE Kiev residents express their patriotism in parade of traditional clothing
  • Date: 23rd September 2014
  • Summary: KIEV, UKRAINE (SEPTEMBER 20, 2014) (REUTERS) PEOPLE IN TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN COSTUMES GATHERING AT SQUARE UKRAINIAN FLAG WAVING BOY IN TRADITIONAL EMBROIDERED SHIRT MAN ON BICYCLE CHILDREN IN UKRAINIAN SHIRTS COUPLE IN EMBROIDERED SHIRTS GIRL TAKING PICTURES PEOPLE AT SQUARE GIRLS IN UKRAINIAN SHIRTS SITTING ON GRASS STRIPE IN UKRAINIAN FLAG COLOURS IN PIGTAIL BOYS WEARING EMBROIDERED SHIRTS VARIOUS OF CROWD MARCHING AND CHANTING (Ukrainian) 'GLORY TO UKRAINE! GLORY TO HEROES' PEOPLE IN TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN COSTUME WALKING DOWNSTAIRS CROWD WALKING ALONG DNIPRO RIVER GIRLS IN NATIONAL UKRAINIAN COSTUMES TALKING PEOPLE WEARING EMBROIDERED SHIRTS WALKING GIRLS DANCING GIRL WEARING FLORAL HEADBAND LOOKING AT CROWD PEOPLE NEAR RIVER
  • Embargoed: 8th October 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Ukraine
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAQDXT1W2JWOSY161VMZYBFIA
  • Story Text: Kiev residents marched through the streets of the Ukrainian capital on Saturday (September 20), wearing traditional embroidered shirts and bands of flowers in their hair to show support for the government's troops involved in months of conflict with pro-Russian separatists in the country's east.
    The march processed peacefully, bearing a definite patriotic spirit.
    Marchers were outfitted in traditional Ukrainian "vyshyvanka" shirts, with colourful embroidery in regional folk patterns and floral garlands on their heads.
    They held Ukrainian flags and flags of Ukrainian military department units.
    As the ralliers walked through the main squares of Kiev towards the Dnipro river, some shouted "Glory to Ukraine!", which answered by "Glory to Heroes" by the crowd.
    According to the organisers of the event, the march was meant as a sign of support for the Ukrainian servicemen.
    On the river bank where the march finished, people could buy pictures by Ukrainian painters holding special auctions to raise money for the Ukrainian soldiers.
    Fighting between Ukrainian troops and separatists is halted for now, after rebels and Kiev authorities agreed on a ceasefire on Sept. 5 and creating a buffer zone on between the two sides' frontlines on Sept. 19 in Minsk.
    The conflict in the east of Ukraine has already claimed more than 3,000 lives.
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