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Easter eggs – handmade painting technique


Title: Easter eggs – handmade painting technique
Category: Others
Country: Romania/Bucovina
Period: XX Century
Provided by: Edunet
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3ULzNKQFZU

Description:

In Bucovina region practiced egg painting is a tradition inherited from ancestors.

First the eggs are boiled and when are warm, they are painted with beeswax.

 The wax is kept in low heat, preferably in a tin container to keep the wax liquid.

  It follows the painting (incondeierea) of the eggs with traditional Romanian motifs.

Easter egg painting is an ancient tradition with pre-Christian origin.
Painted eggs symbolize the arrival of spring and the rebirth of nature.
In the Romanian folk tradition, Easter eggs are considered a symbol of regeneration and purification.



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