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All about Ukrainian Easter eggs
[ 2 ] March 5, 2010

All about Ukrainian Easter eggs

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What is Pysanky? Pysanky (pysanky-plural, pysanka-singular) are Ukrainian Easter eggs, decorated using a wax-resist (batik) method. The word comes from the verb pysaty, “to write”, as the designs are not painted on, but written with beeswax. The art form of producing elaborately-decorated eggs is also common through Central and Eastern Europe. Pysanky are traditionally made [...]