Oktoberfest with Ukrainian Flavour: Ukrainians took part in Munich’s international costumes parade/2016/

Oktoberfest ’dressed’ in Ukrainian vyshyvankas. For the first time, Ukrainians took part in a large-scale parade of national costumes parade in Munich. Amongst traditional Bavarian dresses and leather pants, there were vyshyvankas from Central Ukraine and the Ukrainian Carpathians. Ukrainian costumes were worn in the dances. The majority of participants formed part of the only Ukrainian folk dance troupe in Germany. Plakhta, Ukrainian national female dress; zhupan, Ukrainian national outer garment; and po