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Easter eggs in Poland
Multilateral School Partnerships„Showing Our World Heritage”
Comenius 2013 - 2015Bulgaria, 2014
Nicolaus Copernicus Middle School no. 2. in Olecko
HISTORY Easter eggs, coloring on the eggs and blown eggs derive
from the Slavic rites. The egg was a subject in honor of the gods. It was the
subject of the Slavs in the intermediary between the living, the spirits and gods.
The egg was (and still is) a sign of the beginning of the universe, the sun, life has been associated as the beginning of life with all the construction and shaping something.
Therefore, decorating Easter eggs have a unique place in the Slavic rites and relates to the strength and power of nature, the universe and the gods.
The oldest known Polish Easter eggs come from the tenth century.
Nowadays Easter eggs are made before Easter, blessed, shared and eaten during Easter Sunday. Their beauty represent the emerging nature of
life, and above all, the hope that comes from our faith in the resurrection of Christ.
The only museum in the world devoted exclusively to Easter Eggs exists in Kołomyja
(now Ukraine), while in Poland Easter eggs are only part of the exhibition at the Museum of
Agriculture in Ciechanowiec (exhibition about 1000 eggs)
There are many schools and techniques – some peoplepaint Easter Eggs, others scratch or paste patterns on their
surface, others still dye them in special extracts. But one thing has not changed for centuries – the traditionof decorating Easter eggs is alive and well all across Poland.
Let us introduce you the most common
Polish Easter Eggs!
PISANKI
They are created by drawing designs on egg shells with molten wax. Then, the eggs are dyed and the wax is removed, leaving a
pattern on the surface. Lambs, crosses, flowers and other springtime motifs are the most popular symbols depicted on
pisanki.
KRASZANKI
Extracts of young rye, barley, grass or mistletoe leaves will dye your eggs green, and to get black colour use
some alder bark. Eggs soaked in cornflower decoction will turn blue, in
coffee – brown, in beetroot extract – dark red.
They also known as malowanki, are
single-colour dyed eggs. To make the shells yellow and
orange, you need to boil eggs in water with onion peels;
brown hue will result from adding some
oak bark; while dark hollyhock flower will give your kraszanki a
beautiful violet colour.
DRAPANKIDyed eggs are traditionally covered with
decorations, e.g. drawings made
with a sharpened pin. Pisanki created
this way are called drapanki.
OKLEJANKIEggs decorated with flower
petals, pieces of cloth or
paper cuttings are
called oklejanki
AŻURKI
And those with their contents removed and
shells painted are known as ażurki.
Authors:
Julia KapuścińskaWiktoria Jurczyk
Julia Raczkowska
Class 1c
Teacher: Małgorzata Harasim
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