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Ukrainian Easter Egg Gallery: Pysanky

The Hungarian Girl — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:34:38 +0000

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Happy Easter!

I just wanted to share another great website for decorated Easter eggs.

Made by artist Adriana who is a first generation Ukrainian-American. Her collection features traditional pysanky (Ukrainian styled eggs) including ones made using goose and ostrich eggs.

These eggs are available for purchase online.

The website also has a section on how to create your own pysanky with step-by-step instructions.

Pysanka by Adriana
http://www.pysanka.com

How to make your own Easter eggs

The Hungarian Girl — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:35:36 +0000

In Ukraine, the most common method for creating Eatser eggs (pysanky) is by wax resist or batik. A specialized instrument called the “kistka” is used to write the design with hot wax.

Decorating Easter eggs is an old tradition throughout Central and Eastern Europe. Many countries like Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, and Romania each have their own ways on how eggs are to be decorated and displayed for this significant holiday.

Below is a list of links arranged by various countries on how you can create beautiful and elaborate Easter eggs for your home.

Germany

How To Color German Easter Eggs – German Culture

Hungary

Hungarian Folk Art Easter Egg Decoration – Folkology

Russia

Russian Easter Eggs – Russianland Journal

Ukraine

How To Make Ukraine Easter Eggs – LearnPysanky.com
How To Make Edible Pysanky – Reiquar Works
How You Can Decorate Your Own Ukrainian Easter Eggs – Something a Little More Practical
Ukrainian Easter Eggs – Family Corner
Ukrainian Easter Eggs – Martha Stewart

Symbolism Of Ukrainian Easter Eggs – YouTube video from Mojo.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN0qAaF7FZk

World’s Largest Ukrainian Easter Egg

The Hungarian Girl — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:01:41 +0000

World's largest Ukrainian Easter egg located in Vegreville, Canada. The egg was built in 1974 by Ron Resch.

Just thought I would share an interesting fact about Easter eggs…

The world’s largest Ukrainian Easter egg also known as pysanka can be found in the town of Vegreville in central Alberta, Canada.

This giant strcuture was created to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1974 and to celebrate Vegreville’s ethnic heritage including English, French, German, and Ukrainian.

The town of Vegreville also has a an annual Ukrainian Pysanka Festival held in July which features three full days of dancing, dining, music, beer gardens, displays and demonstrations.

For more information about the world’s largest pysanka or the Ukrainian Pysanka Festival festival, you can visit the official Vegreville town’s website.

Vegreville, Alberta
http://www.vegreville.com

You can also visit Ron Resch’s website, the designer and creator of this unique structure. His website features lot’s of interesting facts and photo’s about how the egg was built.

Ron Resch
http://www.ronresch.com