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Marie5656 Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member  Just hanging out
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The Tradition Of Coloring Eggs By E. E. Kane Thursday, September 20, 2007 Each year children eagerly anticipate the tradition of coloring Easter eggs into bright or pastel colors. Easter is considered a Christian holiday, but the tradition of coloring Easter eggs is a common practice among the religious and the non-religious. In America, the Easter egg hunting rituals of filling an Easter egg basket with pastel-colored eggs planted by the Easter bunny are largely secular traditions, like Santa Claus. However, Easter eggs play an important tradition in the Christian religion as well, especially among the orthodox. Why do we color eggs at Easter? According to the American Egg Board, the giving of colored eggs at spring festivals was common among many ancient cultures. The Chinese exchanged red eggs as a celebration of spring as early as 1,000 B.C. The Persians, Egyptians, and Romans all revered the egg as powerful. The goddess Eostre, or Ostara, has most commonly been tied to the now celebrated Easter. The putative Germans reportedly worshipped her, but historians disagree as to whether this goddess was truly the origin of egg-coloring traditions and spring festivals. Regardless of where the tradition began, egg coloring and giving in the spring has been practiced for centuries. Another reason might be attributed to the early Christians, many of whom were Jews, who observed Passover. During the Passover Seder, hard-boiled eggs are dipped in salt water. This symbolizes new life and the Passover sacrifice.
 
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Marie5656 Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member Just hanging out
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In Greek tradition, Easter eggs are colord a deep red and are used to decorate braided loaves of bread. Red is the most common color for colord eggs because of the religious symbolism, but other colors are also used. A game called “tsougrisma” is played with the eggs right after attending a church service which ends at midnight on Easter morning. Upon arriving home, everyone in the family takes a boiled egg. One person taps the bottom, rounded part of his Easter egg on the top, or point, of another’s Easter egg. The winner is the owner of the egg that doesn’t crack, and she has good luck for the rest of the year. Many other European cultures play this game, though it is given different names; in Britain it is called “egg dumping.” Ukrainian Pysanky eggs are painted in bright colors and decorated with intricate symbols which are mostly geometric in nature. This beloved tradition has been carried out for thousands of years. Ukrainian women passed the secret color recipes and symbols on to their daughters. The process of using wax with a tool called a kitska or kitsky is an art form which still continues today. According to learnpysanky.com, each symbol represents an idea or a wish for the recipient. Ladders represent prosperity or prayer, a fish represents Christianity and wheat symbolizes good health or a good harvest. Pysanky has become so popular in the U.S. that it is fairly easy to find a local instructional Pysanky class in most urban areas. Why do we hide Easter eggs and then hunt for them? The invention of the Easter egg hunt and roll has been attributed to everyone from the Romans to the Scots. The Germans liked the tradition of colored eggs, but disliked the Catholic rule of fasting. They told their children that the Easter Bunny, or Osterhase, brought good children colored eggs for Easter, which they placed in their hats. The Germans brought this tradition with them to America in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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