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  • noun Canada A hand-decorated Ukrainian Easter egg with intricate designs.

Etymologies

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Ukrainian писанка (pýsanka) < писати (pysáty, "to write"), referring to writing on an egg with a stylus in a wax-resist dyeing process, from Proto-Slavic *pĭsati, related to *pĭstrŭ (“feathered”), + Ukrainian feminine ending -ка (-ka)

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Examples

  • 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

  • Vegreville is especially famous for it, since they have the world's largest pysanka.

    languagehat.com: HISTORIC LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES. 2004

  • 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.

    News on www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • 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.

    News on www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • Different regions of Ukraine have their own pysanka traditions and ornaments with ancient symbols.

    News on www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • In Ukraine, the tradition of dying Easter eggs evolved into a fine folk craft called "pysanka."

    News on www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • Check out traditional foods and crafts and join a pysanka egg workshop.

    unknown title 2009

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