Alas, I got distracted eating the chocolate eggs that my American roommates’ parents sent last Sunday and (for a fourth year in row) forgot to paint some eggs for my own Easter! (Bulgarians are predominantly Eastern Orthodox Christians and celebrate Easter together with the Greeks, Serbs, Romanians, Ukrainians, and Russians. This year, our Easter is on April 15th)
So instead, I decided to post a few beautiful photos of painted Easter eggs. Enjoy!
The way you make these patterns is by wrapping a leaf around the egg using a stocking to hold it fixed and dipping it in a jar of food paint
The way you make this pattern is by pouring different paints in a piece of cotton and wrapping the egg in the cotton. It looks like a colorful cloud, doesn't it?
These you make by "painting" lines and shapes with a candle and dipping the egg in the paint. There will be white lines where the wax touched the egg. Coat the color with wax and dip the egg in another color to add more layers to your painting. Bravo, Picasso!
Leaving the religious significance of this day aside, Easter is one of my favorite family holidays! Read more about my family’s celebrations here. The whole extended family gets together for a huge party. The centerpiece of the feast is the whole slow-roasted lamb and my grandmother’s amazing traditional Easter sweet bread with rum and dried fruit), kozunak (see a recipe).
The most fun part of the day is the egg fights (read my instructions) where you duel with painted eggs – the egg that survives without a crack is the champion!
How did you celebrate Easter this year?
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April 16, 2012 at 2:56 pm
Katley
Happy Easter! Years ago when the children were small we used to dye eggs with one of those egg-dying kits. The colors were pale pastels, nothing as vibrant as these. What do you use to dye eggs to make them so colorful?
April 16, 2012 at 4:12 pm
zikata
good question! i don’t know! It’s special egg dye that is sold around Easter. I think it is just food coloring
April 17, 2012 at 8:31 am
joaquinbarroso
Happy Easter!
Romanians are mostly orthodox too. In fact I remember that in Transylvania the only people who observed the catholic Easter were the Hungarian citizens. I think the Orthodox Easter in Romania was also observed this past Monday.
I remember fondly those festivities, specially the amounts of food that were served all day long!
Have a nice day
April 17, 2012 at 8:37 am
joaquinbarroso
I forgot to mention that in Romania they also have the egg fights; the only difference is that the “hitter” must say “Hristos a inviat” (Christ has resurrected) and the “hit” one must reply “adeverat a inviat” (Indeed he has resurrected).
Hungarians bake a similar bread they call Cozonac
Well, I don’t mean to teach you about the Balkan culture. I love your blog as you already know
April 17, 2012 at 5:39 pm
zikata
Teach me, teach me, I like learning new things!