DISCOVER UKRAINIAN TRADITIONS
SAVKA'S HOUSE – discover UKRAINIAN TRADITIONS Хата Savka’s House - is real Ukrainian country estate of 1786. This is a country estate – museum, where you with one’s own eyes will see old whited house, proprietary court with forge and subsidiary buildings. Listening to Mr. Savka’s story you will pass by picturesque wattle-fences, grind flour in millstones, or, even forge something. Located 10 kilometers from Kiev, to Novye Petrovtsy village. It looks like an old Ukrainian house made of clay covered with straw, with wicker fence around. Inside you may see numerous ancient household items in lively museum. Guests can not only see what items Ukrainians used traditionally, but also try to hammer some iron thing. Savka’s wife offers rich Ukrainian dinner with traditional borsch, vareniks and pies and they can listen to the stories how Ukrainians lived, celebrated holidays and worked... The house itself smells with straw, earth and herbs. It has a large number of things inside: tiny glass bottles, ancient shoes with wooden nails which “cost like a cow”, various pots, wooden wheels, a large wooden bowl for making bread. The bowl was sometimes used even as altar, because it sometimes happened that during the bad roads season a bride and a bridegroom couldn’t get to the church, then the host could marry them bringing them round the bread bowl three times. Price of 3-hour action incl. feast at Savka's house from 199 UAH per person (minimum 8 guests or minimum order 1592 UAH)ü meeting with bread and salt ü showing of ancient handicrafts: gypsy forgery, pottery, bee-keeping, weaving, etc. ü thematic excursion about nearest holiday (Ukrainians have more then 177 holidays) ü lunch with traditional Ukrainian dishes Savka’s House – tasty dishes and living traditions
For bookings, please, contact: Mr. Igor Shavaew 289-3170 Ukraine@viakiev.com.ua
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