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
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
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Vegreville is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is on Highway 16A approximately 103 km east of Edmonton, Alberta's capital city. It was incorporated as a town in 1906, and that year also saw the f
Egg decorating in Slavic culture
…literature, with Taras Shevchenko comparing a lovely Ukrainian village to a pysanka. Ukrainian Canadians in Canada erected a giant statue of one in Vegreville, Alberta, and were involved in the effort to release several Canadian commemorative pysanky coins. According to many scholars, the art of wax-resist…
Vegreville egg
Vegreville, 1924
Vegreville Country Fair Midway
Vermilion River in Vegreville