Wedding Rushik Ryshnik From Ukraine 80 Inch Wedding Ryshnik Length - 80 Inches width - 12 Inches Made in Ukraine During a wedding ceremony, the bride and groom are standing on a Rushnyk called a pidnozhnyk, which translates as step-on towel. What happens to the pidnozhnyk is that the bride will drag the towel behind her, and her bridesmaids follow behind her. Tradition has it that when the bridesmaids follow behind the pidnozhnyk, they are following the path of the bride and hopefully be married