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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Pysanka
A pysanka (Ukrainian: писанка, plural: pysanky, or pysankas) is a Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated using a wax-resist (batik) method.
Pysanka are traditionally made during the last week of Lent, Holy Week in the Catholic and Orthodox calendars.
On the pysanka, vinky are drawn in three circles around the egg, representing the three parts of human existence: birth, marriage, and life.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Pysanka   (3741 words)

  
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In Ukraine Easter has been celebrated over a long period of history and has had many rich folk traditions that are no longer fully preserved…
Pysanka painting is a widely practiced form of decorative art in Ukraine.
The practice originated in the prehistoric Trypilian culture.
www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /people.asp   (922 words)

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