Vechornytsia
Also known as Vechornytsi
270px|thumb|Konstantin Makovsky, Sunday evening in a Ukrainian village (1879) Vechornytsi (), also known as dosvitky (Ukrainian: досвітки) is a Ukrainian tradition of youth gatherings accompanied with music, songs, jokes and rituals. Historically, such gatherings would be organized in a house owned by a childless widow (known as a mother), with food and other expenses being bought through a joint fund established by the participants, in a scheme similar to potluck.
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- Description
- Rituals
- Sexual practices
- Government attitudes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
270px|thumb|Konstantin Makovsky, Sunday evening in a Ukrainian village (1879) Vechornytsi (), also known as dosvitky (Ukrainian: досвітки) is a Ukrainian tradition of youth gatherings accompanied with music, songs, jokes and rituals. Historically, such gatherings would be organized in a house owned by a childless widow (known as a mother), with food and other expenses being bought through a joint fund established by the participants, in a scheme similar to potluck.
==Description== or is a Ukrainian tradition of youth gatherings. Historically, such gatherings would be organized in a house, with food and other expenses being bought through a joint fund established by the participants, in a scheme similar to potluck.