Ukraine: A Hutsul Wedding, Part III

Here is the third installment to the Hutsul wedding video.

Part I and II were posted earlier. There will also be a Part IV.

Part I had footage of the rituals that take place in the morning just before the actual wedding ceremony at the church.

Part II has footage of the wedding ceremony and the rituals that precede the start of the wedding reception..

Part III has footage of the feasting (eating and drinking) and singing during the reception meal.

Part IV will be of the dance after the meal.

Notes to Part III:

The footage of the church ceremony is not very good and I was tempted to leave it out, but it was necessary to include something from the ceremony.

The rest of the scenes should be self-explanatory. However, one thing I did not clarify in the video: Toward the end of this footage, during the reception when people are singing, there is a song during which people sing/shout the word, "Hirko!" In Ukraine--but also in much of Eastern Europe--people do not cling their glasses in order to prod the bride and groom to kiss. Instead, they sing a song whose verses are usually humorous and then shout, "Hirko!", which means "bitter," for the refrain. The idea is that when the couple kisses, the bitterness turns to sweetness. Also, it is not only the bride and groom who stand and kiss; others that are part of the wedding party will, too.

To read more about the Hutsuls and about modern-day Hutsulshchyna, or the region of the Carpathians in which Hutsuls still live, read the comments to A Hutsul Wedding, Part I below.

Enjoy!

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Ukraine
• Capathians
• Hutsuls
• Weddings
• Folk
• Music
• Dance
• Traditions
• Post
• Soviet
• Eastern
• Europe

[hirko1988]

wait, so what does hirko mean? kinda wierd cause thats my last name....

[dykun]

in this context, it means bitter. perhaps it has another meaning in some other context or form. do you have ukrainian background? you should ask smne who has consistently spoken Ukrainian fluently since birth. my Ukrainian is reconstructed.

[djghostyel]

spasibo chelovik za video, ya malodoy y radelsa v kievo nu preyehal v ameriku kagda mne belo pyat let, ya ochen skuchayu za rodenay y mnogo ni znayu y ni panimayu a ney, ya smatrel vashey filmi y aj za plakol, spasiba tebye

[dykun]

bud laska! tse prosto super, shcho Vy zaplakaly! (pozhalujsta! eto prosto super, chto Vy zaplakaly!)

[dykun]

what do u mean "best side of ukraine"? what is goofy about this? what do u mean by worldwide level? have u lived in ukraine? hutsul music is indeed incredible, & quite a bit of it is in this clip. are u snobby about the drinking? please elaborate

[dykun]

also, do u realize that this is part III of a 4-part video, and that parts I and II had a great deal of instrumental music in them? i can see why one might see this goofy if all they watched was just part III. but then again, its not goofy at all. what in the world is goofy about a whole community of people coming together to feast and sing folk songs together?

[MrRshambor]

@hirko1988 hahahaha. ukrainian people say hirko during weddings when they want young couple to kiss.

[snowy16100]

so dykun....I'll ask the same question I did months ago.....where's part 4?! We'd love to see a part 4.

[grail68]

Яку пісню вони співають у 2:28?

What song they start singing at 2:28?

[hycyl]

ДЯКУЮ!!! ПРИЄМНА НЕСПОДІВАНКА - ВЕСІЛЛЯ В РІДНОМУ БЕРЕЗОВІ,  ДО ТОГО Ж ЩЕ І ТЕ НА ЯКОМУ Я БУВ...)

НОСТАЛЬГІЯ ПО ЮНАЧИХ РОКАХ...

[Mr99Burns]

literally it means "bitter". This is something guest start chanting to make a couple ,bride and groom to kiss In this video they were trying to make bride made and best man to kiss, don't know the origin of this one though.

[Mr99Burns]

what lol

[Mr99Burns]

lol u r wierd lmao

[limitles]

@CrazyCossack

It doesn't have a separate meaning, it wouldn't in a last name anyway..... Huculak would be just another form of the word huzul.... kind of like Mike and Mikey.....

[snowy16100]

where's part 4?!  We all know the best part of a Ukraine wedding is the dancing! Don't keep us in suspense...

[eliaskalinovski]

Has anyone seen the part 4?