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- noun Plural form of
pysanka .
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Examples
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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
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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…; .
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I love and collect Easter eggs and even watercolor my own, and the pysanky are always really special.
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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.
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Nothing like the artistry of true pysanky, of course!
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The other is that in the solemn weeks before Easter, she creates dozens of intricately decorated eggs, called pysanky.
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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.
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This year students could choose between making kudzu baskets, pysanky eggs, leather*craft, tincraft and woodworking.
AllDeaf.com Miss-Delectable 2010
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This year students could choose between making kudzu baskets, pysanky eggs, leather*craft, tincraft and woodworking.
AllDeaf.com Miss-Delectable 2010
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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.
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