Easter Egg Art: Hatched From An Ancient Tradition To Celebrate Rebirth

Source: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/03/24/471719770/eggs-become-art-to-celebrate-lifes-rebirth?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

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Ukrainians have been crafting pysanky, elaborately decorated eggs, for thousands of years. “There’s an ancient legend that as long as pysanky are made, evil will not prevail in the world,” says one pysanky artist.

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A sculpture made of 3,000 wooden painted Easter eggs constructed at the 1,000-year-old Monastery of Caves in Kiev, during Easter in 2010.

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A sculpture made of 3,000 wooden painted Easter eggs constructed at the 1,000-year-old Monastery of Caves in Kiev, during Easter in 2010.

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Famous Ukrainian Easter egg artist Galina Ivane…

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