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  • noun Plural form of pysanka.

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Examples

  • They are works of art decorated in a traditional Ukrainian technique known as pysanky, where intricate patterns are etched in layers of dyes and wax and given to friends and family on Easter.

    unknown title 2009

  • I just learned to make pysanky last week, so I know from experience how HARD it is to get the lines so lovely and straight and sharp mine look I had too much caffeine to drink, how odd…; .

    Easter Pysanky « Fairegarden 2009

  • I love and collect Easter eggs and even watercolor my own, and the pysanky are always really special.

    Easter Pysanky « Fairegarden 2009

  • I store mine in egg cartons until Easter, when they come out in a huge bowl, except for one small pysanky that features a fish on each side.

    Easter Pysanky « Fairegarden 2009

  • Nothing like the artistry of true pysanky, of course!

    Easter Eggs 101 | Baking Bites 2005

  • The other is that in the solemn weeks before Easter, she creates dozens of intricately decorated eggs, called pysanky.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • Superstitions gave pysanky the power to ward off evil spirits, and the Hutsuls of the Carpathian Mountains believed the fate of the world depended on pysanky.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • This year students could choose between making kudzu baskets, pysanky eggs, leather*craft, tincraft and woodworking.

    AllDeaf.com Miss-Delectable 2010

  • This year students could choose between making kudzu baskets, pysanky eggs, leather*craft, tincraft and woodworking.

    AllDeaf.com Miss-Delectable 2010

  • Four years before that, the owners of Rizzo's Restaurant in Crabtree, Salem Township, asked Mrs. Simpson and her mother to demonstrate pysanky art on a Lenten weekend.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

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