“When you’re making your egg, you have to be intent on your design,” says a Little Elm resident. This season, many have found healing and comfort in ritual...
North Texans with Russian and Ukrainian roots watched with horror as the war intensified in Ukraine. Among them: Serge Taran, a Kyiv-born newspaper publisher who furiously began penning an editorial begging for peace.Dovzhanska said she was intimidated by the intricacy and complexity of pysanky, and doubted she would be able to make them. When Dovzhanska and her family visited Ukraine in summer 2002, she wanted her daughter to learn the tradition.
People draw Ukrainian designs on eggs, Saturday, April, 2, 2022 in Little Elm, Texas. Pysanka eggs are made using beeswax and colored dyes.Pysanka, or pysanky is derived from the Ukrainian word “pysaty,” which means “to write.” The art form is believed to have pagan roots and predates when Christianity was introduced in Ukraine. Similar Easter egg traditions exist in other eastern European countries, including in Poland.
Pysanky, or traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs, were on display and for sale during Palm Sunday service at St. Sophia Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in The Colony, Texas on Friday, April 10, 2022.After the egg is cleaned with vinegar, the first layer of a desired color is added by submerging the egg into dye. Melted wax is applied to the portions of the egg where the desired color needs to be preserved before it’s dipped into a different dye.
A pysanka with a bee, for example, can mean good health and fortune. A fish can represent respect for higher ideals and is also seen as a symbol of Jesus Christ. Colors also have meanings: Black stands for eternity, brown for nature. Red is passion.
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