EGG TRADITIONS

You would be surprised how popular eggs are. Eggs are used for many traditions around the world. Many people in the world  celebrate Easter with egg traditions. In addition, luxury eggs  with diamonds and other gems have been really popular. Egg decorating is not just a tradition. It has become an art.

DECORATING EGGS

Egg decorating is a tradition for many people who celebrate Easter. In Slavic countries like Croatia egg decoration is important tradition. Decorated eggs in Croatia are called "pisanice". This makes more sense if you know that "pisati" means "to write "in Croatian language.  Other Slavic countries have same type of the name. In Russia and Poland they are called pysanke.  According to Wikipedia, this tradition existed way before Christianity.  This made church first not like the tradition - they banned it during Easter because they thought it will cast a bad spell. But, eventually the tradition of decorating eggs returned to Easter time. Even more, it became an Easter tradition. In Croatia eggs are decorated and sometimes used to decorate a traditional Easter bread. In coastal parts of Croatia this bread is called "sirnica". It is made with lots of eggs and sugar . They also add rosewater, so it smells good. In addition, sometimes they put orange peel. This sweet bread is traditional Easter food, and often people dip the bread into a sweet wine called "prosec"   to make it taste better.
Sweet bread (sirnica) is an Easter tradition in Croatia. It is made with lots of eggs. One type of sirnica looks like a baby, and the head is created by a decorated egg. It's called "garitula". Colorful decorated eggs are also traditional.



In the United States Easter for kids involves decorating eggs as well. In addition, there is a tradition of the Egg Hunt.  Decorated eggs are hidden around the yard before the little kids wake up. In addition to real eggs, sometimes plastic eggs with money inside them are hidden. Early in the morning the kids get their Easter baskets and hunt for the eggs addition to the egg hunt, there is also an egg roll. This is also a traditional Easter game. It is played every Easter on the White House lawn. This game is actually a race. You set up the distance and select teams. Than you give each team a spoon and an egg.  The racers use the spoon to push and roll the egg to the finish line.





While the above traditions are family based and for everyone, owning a jeweled egg such as Faberge egg is not possible for all. Everyone has heard of the Faberge eggs, but do you know what it is?  They are named after the famous Russian jeweler named Peter Carl Faberge. He came up with the idea of taking pysanke a bit further.  So, in 1885 he started to design gold and gems eggs usually for Russian royal family.  As a matter of fact, the first Faberge egg was a Easter gift for the Russian Empress. From then on, Faberge made an Easter egg for the Russian royal family every year! The Faberge eggs had gem and gold design outside, and when you opened them there was  a surprise inside. All together, Faberge made  only 57 eggs. In 1917 there was the Russian Revolution. The Royal Family was killed and Russia went through many decades of changes. Many of the eggs disappeared. Today some of the eggs are on display in museums and some are owned by collectors. But eight of the precious eggs are still missing! After the Faberge eggs became popular, many other companies started to create jeweled and decorated eggs.



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