So how do you keep a touch of that ethnic thing while living in North America (or wherever you may be?). Besides the big things like language, culture, pyrogies or cabbage rolls or other food, clothing, songs, dance, embroidery, weaving, ceramics, politics, economics, agrarian practices, spirituality, folk art, sculpture, tragedies, wars, Chernobyl, regional issues, braids, .....well, you get it, there must be some small, less exhausting stuff, so what do you do?
Symbols mean a lot to me, so I have a sunflower plate on my coffee table - it's a start.
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Great idea! I currently live abroad and having lived in 3 different countries prior to that, I know how important it is to feel connected with your "home" environment in your new country and keep your culture alive - no matter where you live.
Wherever you live, you always bring a slice of home with you. Turns out there is stuff, the physical reminders like dolls, crafts, momentos, but lately I have been hearing that food is actually the most tenacious of the cultural links to ancestry. Do like Ukrainian food! Thanks for writing!
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