Saturday, March 30, 2013

Current mood - Easter

 
The custom of coloring eggs for Easter is still observed in Polish custom. The eggs are decorated with many traditional Polish symbols of Easter. Most popular are lamb, cross, floral designs or Easter's greetings such as Wesolego Alleluja.
According to the Polish folk craft experts we divide Written Eggs to different categories. The eggs decorated with the use of treated wax are called "pisanki". Another technique involved gluing colored paper or shiny fabric on them. The eggs which are painted in one color are called "malowanki" or "kraszanki". If patterns are etched with a pointed instrument on top of the paint, the eggs are then called "skrobanki" or "rysowanki".
On Saturday people take to churches decorated baskets (Swieconka) containing a sampling of traditional food to be blessed ( hard-boiled shelled eggs, ham, sausage, salt, horseradish, fruits, bread and cake )
The food blessed in the church remains untouched until Sunday morning.

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