Comments on: Easter Traditions – Painted Eggs

By: Mihaela Lica

Mihaela Lica — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:20:39 +0000

Yeah, that sounds easy…

By: fox

fox — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:24:59 +0000

It is not so difficult to paint eggs liike this, all you need is exercise, talent, wax and a special tool, I forgot its name, my aunt used to do this, long time ago, in Dragoslavele. I think they are still doing this in the old-fashioned way there

By: RennyBA

RennyBA — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:50:23 +0000

What wonderful post, what great eggs and what readable and interesting historical background!

We paint eggs after boiling and before eating them for Easter Day breakfast to, but I’ve thought of it as such strong religious reason. I remember how fun it was when I was young though.
I also think my Mom had some tea in the water, to make a certain background collar too.

We also have a special tradition in our family too: Easter Bunny Egg hunt and in thre weeks, we’ll do it again

RennyBA’s last blog post..Happy St. Patricks Day Parade in Oslo Norway

By: Mihaela Lica

Mihaela Lica — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:56:23 +0000

Bine ai venit, Alis. Sigur ca se poate sa iei tot ce vrei de pe blog – ma bucur mult ca paginile acestea sunt de folos cuiva. Daca ai nevoie de mai mult, scrie-mi la mig@pamil-visions.com si te ajut cum pot.

By: Alis

Alis — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:26:16 +0000

Mihaela,

frumos scrii tu aici, m-au impresionat lucrurile citite si parca au capatat o alta valoare cand le-am descoperit re-povestite de tine, decat o aveau deja la mine in suflet.
Vreau sa “fur” cate ceva de la “painted eggs”, baietelul meu are o prezentare la scoala despre traditiile romanesti si mi s-a parut atat de frumos prezentat, incat mi-am permis sa intreb daca se poate.

Cele bune si la buna citire,
Alis

By: Mihaela Lica

Mihaela Lica — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:56:08 +0000

It’s ancient, Lindsay – it all started before Christ, when egg shells were painted as “charms” to protect against evil spirits. Then, after Christ it’s hard to actually draw a pattern – but you can safely assume that there was some continuity in the tradition.
The Communist regime in Romania slowed down many traditions, but it couldn’t kill them. Romanians continued to paint eggs for Easter – sure we are not all able to create those little works of art, but we do use other techniques to ornate the eggs.
Today, the artistically painted eggs are highly commercialized.

By: lindsay

lindsay — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:42:58 +0000

what time period did this culture flourish? I’m doing a project on it and I have to have it done by Monday.Sorry, but my email page is basicly dead because I havn’t gone to it in so long. can you tell me here?

By: Mihaela Lica

Mihaela Lica — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:09:39 +0000

Julia, I just sent you an email at the address you provided when posting the comment. I will help you in any way I can.

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:27:58 +0000

I am doing a project on Romania and i am looking up traditions for it, customs and all these different things for it. but most websites i go to don’t have much about it, i am not finding much on their traditions and customs am trying though, went to certain websites that a teacher told me to go to but didnt tell much by any chance, could you tell me some things about Romania if its not a problem

By: Mihaela Lica

Mihaela Lica — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:57:01 +0000

Hi Angel,

eggs like this are painted in all orthodox countries, the motifs are different though. Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Bulgaria and even Russia have them. Greek eggs are mainly red, but there are some variations too – I was planning to talk about these in a next entry. I focus here more on Romania, as I feel that there are many things people don’t know about my country.

Mig