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Ukrainian Easter Eggs
Effervescent color tablets aren’t the only way to dye Easter eggs. The Ukrainian art of egg decorating, pysanky, dates back more than 1,000 years. The intricate designs have symbolic meanings – varying from region to region – which are delicately painted onto hollowed-out, raw eggs.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readEffervescent color tablets aren’t the only way to dye Easter eggs. The Ukrainian art of egg decorating, pysanky, dates back more than 1,000 years. The intricate designs have symbolic meanings – varying from region to region – which are delicately painted onto hollowed-out, raw eggs. Some of the most common symbols include the star (which represents the Sun God), flowers (representing happiness), and birds (representing fertility).
Sofika Zielyk is an artist who specializes in this fantastic art form. She regales us with the history of these incredible eggs – the legend behind them, what the symbols mean and just how long it takes to craft each egg. Additional images of Sofika’s pysanky and information about the craft are available on her website.
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Easter Eggs; Pan Dulce; Gluten-Free Communion Wafers- 0:00Market Report
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- 28:00Gluten-Free Communion Wafers
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The full episode
2 of 7Easter Eggs; Pan Dulce; Gluten-Free Communion Wafers- 0:00Market Report
- 7:00Ukrainian Easter EggsYou’re reading this
- 14:00Robata Jinya
- 21:00Pan Dulce at La Monarca
- 28:00Gluten-Free Communion Wafers
- 35:00Thai Street Food
- 42:00Cooking with Geeks