I'm starting with my national Ukrainian food, because I really love it. Since I was a child my grandmother used to cook me borscht and nalysnyky: my favorite Ukrainian dishes.
The borscht kind of looks like a soup, the main ingredient is a beetroot and secondary beef, pork, white cabbage, carrots, parsley root, potatoes, onions, and tomatoes. I was eating borscht back in Ukraine almost every day.
Nalysnyky are made of eggs, flour, milk, salt and sugar. Nalysnyky looks very similar to crepes, but includes more eggs, milk and sugar. I like to eat it once or twice a week.
Holidays
Social gatherings like Vechornytsi have a long history in Ukrainian culture, and so do traditional holidays like Ivan Kupala Day when people celebrate the day John's baptizing people through full immersion in water. Maslenitsa is a celebration of the end of winter where people make nalysnyky. Koledovanie is related to Christmas and it’s about people going out and doing something very similar to trick or treating. For the last, Malanka, Ukrainians celebrate Malanka to symbolize the release of spring and to welcome it soon.
Art
Ukrainian art is very diverse and colorful, and one example which comes to my mind is a traditional costume called Vyshyvanka. It is national shirt with Ornamental art on it. Often it has a hidden meaning in ancient symbolism. Another example of Ukrainian art, is a dance which called hopak and it is very energizing, and involves many fast-paced movements. Hence hopak as a dance is derived from hopak martial art of Cossacks.