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 | | 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. |
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