These aren't your average Easter egg! Ukrainians celebrate Easter with a traditional art form called psyanky, which involves drawing intricate patterns on eggs using a stylus and wax, reports NPR. "When the nation of Ukraine accepted Christianity in 988 A.D., the egg was adopted as a religious symbol of the Easter celebration-both as the egg which was eaten to first break the fast of Lent and in the form of pysanky, decorated with designs of Christian significance," says the Ukrainian American S...
Beautiful Pysanky, Ukranian Easter Eggs, Are Unbelievably Elaborate (PHOTOS)
The Huffington Post - 19 Apr 2014 22:03
These aren't your average Easter egg! Ukrainians celebrate Easter with a traditional art form called psyanky, which involves drawing intricate patterns on eggs using a stylus and wax, reports NPR. "When the nation of Ukraine accepted Christianity in 988 A.D., the egg was adopted as a religious symbol of the Easter celebration-both as the egg which was eaten to first break the fast of Lent and in the form of pysanky, decorated with designs of Christian significance," says the Ukrainian American S...
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