The towel "Sown field" with the amulet cross stitch

The towel "Sown field" with the amulet cross stitch pattern g. Of Chermoz Ilyinsky district of Perm Krai

The towel is a decorative cloth made of homespun canvas, embroidered with various patterns and ornaments. With us You can buy a towel from rushnikovy fabric with traditional embroidery ceremonial.
Embroidered linen towel — very symbolic and meaningful thing. It not only beautifies everyday life, but is a symbolic reminder of the invisible ties with the ancestors. It accompanies man in the most important moments of his life — birth, baptism, wedding... Towel – part of the folk culture and folk art of the Slavs, a subject of everyday and ceremonial purposes; shall have the meaning way, road connections, linking. In the rites acts as the gift, talisman, curtain, decoration, holiday symbol, a landmark and has a hailer function.
It is a pity that now ancient Slavic tradition almost forgotten, but still towels decorate the home, they are used in a variety of ceremonies in some regions of modern Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
Towels clean red corner of the hut or huts, Bojnice, door and window openings, and decorate the walls. Regional differences regarding the towels, were carefully preserved when moving to another area.

Early in our area (the Perm land) is born, the girl took the towel, which is then hung above the cradle.

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Red is the color of sun, warmth and beauty.

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Towel, perfect as a towel (rukoternik, handbrake, utirnik, shelf, fly) for daily use in the bathroom or in the kitchen, providing you every morning with reliable protection, proven by our ancestors.
Such towels and more dedicate to Temples, sacrificial tables.

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