#pysanka
Traditional Easter egg decorating in various regions of Czech Republic.
Source:Eva Večerková - Malované vejce, O kraslicích v českých zemích
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Easter is approaching and you might want to try out the traditional art of Ukrainian pysanka - painted eggs. It’s super fun!
Ukrainian Easter Eggs
Members of St. Michael’s and St. George’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Women’s Council decorate traditional Easter eggs to sell until Easter Sunday. The Pysanky, as they are called, are made using a wax-resist and dye method, not paint. Profit from the decorated eggs went to Ukrainian refugee relief. Photos from 1947 and 1948.
Ukrainian Easter Egg photos from the Minneapolis Newspaper Photograph Collection in the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections.
писанка| Pysanky
A pysanka is a Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated with traditional Ukrainian folk designs using a wax-resist (batik) method
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MerMay 31| Pysanka
Ladies and gentlemen, we have arrived at our last stop in Europe for 2020’s MerMay series, welcome to Ukraine. A pysanka (meaning, “to write”) is an egg decorated using the wax-resist method. It started as a pagan custom, and with the advent of Christianity, initially Pagan symbols were repurposed and new symbols like the lamb and cross were introduced. Initially, the Pysanka represents Nature’s rebirth, and is imbued with special powers to ward off evil and bring in good stuff. When Christianity came around, it came to represent the rebirth of men. According to legend, as long as the tradition of egg writing continues, the world will continue to exist. If abandoned, evil will get loose and overrun the world. Christian legends mostly tell of the egg suddenly becoming colorful in the presence of Jesus.
Thank you so much for following this series, knowing some of you are waiting helps me keep this going <3 I know a lot of people are asking, but I’m sorry, there won’t be a zine this year. I’m exhausted /-/. There will be prints though. I might take a break from this particular “around the world” series for a bit, maybe do some random drawings, just to y'know, keep it freshy loosy goosy. 2020 has been wild, stay strong, you got this.
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