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The pysanka (Ukrainian: писанка, писанки (pl.)) itself, a wax-resist type egg, is one of Ukraine's national symbols, and is known throughout the world. Pysanky imagery occurs often in Ukrainian literature, with Taras Shevchenko comparing a lovely Ukrainian village to a pysanka .
Such symbols and imagery are used in national customs and rituals. They are reproduced in embroidery on national costumes, ritual cloth—rushnyks, painted on crockery, in forged products, in carving, in bas-relief house decoration, in hearth painting, pottery, engraving and also in Ukrainian traditional Easter eggs—pysanky.
Pysanky [34] are Ukrainian Easter eggs, decorated using a wax-resist method. The word comes from the verb pysaty, "to write", as the designs are not painted on, but written with beeswax. Lithuanians create intricately detailed margučiai using a hot wax application and dipping method, and also by dipping the eggs first and then etching designs ...
This Easter tradition originated in Ukraine and is a fun activity for the family. These Ukrainian Pysanky Eggs Are the Prettiest Tradition for Easter Skip to main content
Artist and ethnographer Sofika Zielyk will discuss the colorful history and tradition of the Ukrainian Easter egg known as the pysanka from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at Santa Fe's Museum of ...
Learn all about pysanky eggs, the traditional handmade Ukrainian Easter eggs dyed in beautiful colors and intricately decorated with symbolic patterns.
The Ukrainian Easter eggs include pysanky, [51] krashanky (edible, one-colour dyed eggs), driapanky (a design is scratched on the eggshell) etc. During the Easter Vigil a priest also blesses the parishioners' Easter baskets, which include Easter eggs, paska, [52] butter, cheese, kovbasa, salt and a few other products. With this food, on their ...
Decorating a 'pysanka' has become a gesture of peace, as war has brought new meaning to an old tradition that dates back to pre-Christian times