Record trident of didukhs created in Kyiv

On 25 December, an AFU veteran created an unusual trident at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Kyiv, setting a Ukrainian record. This is reported by UNIAN.

The trident is made of didukhov, its height was 7.5 metres.

The trident was created by Yaroslav Kuchma, the commander of the 80th ODShBr DShBr of the AFU, who temporarily lost the ability to walk due to a wound, and 95-year-old Pelageya Zhivko from Lviv region," the report said.

Didukh is a Ukrainian Christmas decoration of spikelets, a symbol of harvest and prosperity. It has the form of a vertical sheaf, can be decorated with coloured threads, ribbons, flowers, fruits.

The first rye, wheat or oat sheaf was made with didukh and kept until Christmas holidays.