Egg decorating
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Egg decorating is the art or craft of decorating eggs. It has been a popular art form throughout history because of the attractive, smooth, oval shape of the egg, and the ancient associations with egg
Ukrainian pysanka
Easter egg sculptures resembling pisanica in front of the Zagreb Cathedral, Croatia
A Carthaginian decorated egg from the Iron Age
The tradition of egg decoration in Slavic cultures originated in pagan times, and was transformed by the process of religious syncretism into the Christian Easter egg. Over time, many new techniques w
Egg decorating
…decorating may be even older than the holiday as known modernly. Eastern European, Central European and North Asian cultures, have a strong tradition of decorating eggs dating back at least to times when paganism was the predominant religion. Chicken, duck and goose eggs are decorated variously with batik dyeing…
Ukrainian folk pysanka from the Pokuttia region
Modern Polish painted wooden pisanka
Examples of Croatian pisanica
A collection of Ukrainian pysanky with traditional folk designs