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- noun Canada A hand-decorated
Ukrainian Easter egg with intricate designs.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Vegreville, like much of Alberta, has a substantial Ukrainian population, and the town's giant "pysanka" (Easter egg) is apparently the world's largest.
Crash Test Kitchen 2008
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Vegreville is especially famous for it, since they have the world's largest pysanka.
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Among the various events you can attend "Easter Bells" performance by various artists at Taras Shevchenko Park at 2 p.m.; visit pysanka exhibition and pysanka master classes at Svitlytsya gallery (13 Mazepy, through April 26); attend Easter celebrations for grownups and children at Koncha Zaspa and, of course church services at most churches and cathedrals in Kyiv.
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At local shops and supermarkets, you'll find those with religious and flowery patterns, pysanka patterns as well as those depicting cartoons, fairytale and biblical plots.
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Different regions of Ukraine have their own pysanka traditions and ornaments with ancient symbols.
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In Ukraine, the tradition of dying Easter eggs evolved into a fine folk craft called "pysanka."
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Many vendors -- traditional Ukrainian arts & crafts, pysanka kits & books, videos, traditional foods & baked goods, smoked meats: kovbasa, babanos, bochok (rib bacon), pashtet (liver pate), poliadvytsia (lean Canadian bacon), etc. UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC NATIONAL SHRINE
unknown title 2009
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This short (15 min.) documentary demonstrates the process of making a pysanka from start to finish, and informs about the mythical and spiritual history behind these uniquely decorated eggs.
unknown title 2009
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Check out traditional foods and crafts and join a pysanka egg workshop.
unknown title 2009
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