Ukraini­ans are absolute­ly proud of our cul­ture and we want to tell and show to South Africans why. It is rich and dates back to 9^th cen­tu­ry to the peri­od of Kyiv Rus, was heav­i­ly influ­enced by Ukrain­ian Cos­sacks – war­riors of the 16–18^thcen­tu­ry, has devel­oped cui­sine where the sig­na­ture dish­es are beet­root soup – Borsch and vari­ety of dumplings – varenyky/pierogi and is famous . Ukraine is also famous for its colour­ful embroi­dery – vyshyvanka’s.

     Our major event pro­mot­ing Ukrain­ian cul­ture in South Africa is annu­al Ukrain­ian Fes­ti­val that start­ed in 2017.  We also organ­ised a series of events under Ukrain­ian Days in Cape Town in 2017 and 2018. In addi­tion we run reg­u­lar pro­mot­ing class­es on Petrykiv­ka style paint­ing in dif­fer­ent parts of West­ern Cape.

     If you would like to read more about Ukrain­ian cul­ture we wel­come you to the Ukrain­ian library in Cape Town where you can read books ( in Eng­lish) about Ukrain­ian cloth­ing, cui­sine, Petrykiv­ka style paint­ings, muse­ums and many more.