Pysanky

Pysanky is a Ukrainian tradition of decorating eggs at Easter. The decorating is done by covering the egg in wax to create a design, then soaking the egg in dye. You then repeat this until you have all the colours you want (start with lightest colours, then proceed to the darker colours). To remove the wax, you hold the egg over a candle and slowly but surely remove the melting wax with a paper towel.

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