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The tradition of egg decoration in Slavic cultures originated in pagan times, [1] [2] and was transformed by the process of religious syncretism into the Christian Easter egg. Over time, many new techniques were added. Some versions of these decorated eggs have retained their pagan symbolism, while others have added Christian symbols and motifs.
Ukrainian pysanka Easter egg sculptures resembling pisanica in front of the Zagreb Cathedral, Croatia. Egg decorating is the art or craft of decorating eggs.It has been a popular art form throughout history because of the attractive, smooth, oval shape of the egg, and the ancient associations with eggs as a religious and cultural symbol.
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The practice of decorating eggshells is quite ancient, [12] with decorated, engraved ostrich eggs found in Africa which are 60,000 years old. [13] In the pre-dynastic period of Egypt and the early cultures of Mesopotamia and Crete, eggs were associated with death and rebirth, as well as with kingship, with decorated ostrich eggs, and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were ...
The Pace Egg plays are an Easter custom in rural Northern England in the tradition of the medieval mystery plays. The practice was once common throughout Northern England, but largely died out in the nineteenth century before being revived in some areas of Lancashire and West Yorkshire in the twentieth century.
The Colonnade egg is a jewelled enameled Easter egg made by Henrik Wigström [1] under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1910. [2] The Fabergé egg was made for Nicholas II of Russia, who presented it to his wife, Alexandra Feodorovna to celebrate the birth of their only son, the tsarevich Alexei. [2]
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The Basket of Flowers [note 1] egg is a jewelled enameled Easter egg made under the supervision of Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1901. The Fabergé egg was made for Nicholas II of Russia , who presented it to his wife, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna .