Painting eggs for Easter

The most essential Easter ingredients are krashenki (multicolored cooked eggs) and pysanka (painted eggs). Because each feature of the patterns implies something, the latter has a very profound symbolic value. For example, the color red represents the good and joy of living. Green represents optimism, while yellow represents warmth and harvests. Superstitious Ukrainians have been following this practice for generations and cheerfully continue to put their heart and soul into it even today. Here is one of the things about Ukraine you should know.

With Easter approaching this Sunday and the current conflict in Ukraine, there is fresh interest in one of the country's most cherished Easter customs. Do you think you can tint eggs with grocery store food coloring? Look at these artistically adorned Ukrainian Easter eggs, Pysanky (pronounced "pih-sahn-KIH"). These vibrant pieces of artwork become small diamonds and are kept safe for numerous generations because of a wax-resist procedure known as batik.