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Article: Ukrainian pysanky: Easter eggs as talismans
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- The Ukrainian Weekly
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- April 16, 1995
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Zenon Elyjiw
Ukrainian Weekly, The
04-16-1995
Ukrainian pysanky: Easter eggs as talismans.
The tradition of decorating eggs for Easter was once common across all of Europe, but it was specially prevalent among the Slavic peoples and their neighbors. An example of such eggs are Moravian Easter eggs from Czechia and Sorbian Easter eggs, decorated by the descendants of Slavic tribes if eastern Germany. But perhaps the most familiar Easter egg is the Ukrainian Easter egg. In fact, the term "Ukrainian Easter egg" is often used incorrectly to describe any egg decorated by the batik technique, the way "Xerox copy" is used for any electrostatic copy.
The Ukrainian name for Easter egg is pysanka ...