Sedenka

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.