Pysanka - The Ukrainian Easter Egg

Duration: 16 min.

Year Published: 1976

Creator: FILMPR

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 1Feb76 · MP30528 (Jan-Jun 1977) Copyright holder: Slavko Nowytski d.b.a. Filmart Productions

Description: Explains the myth and magic behind the craft of making Pysanka, the decorated Ukrainian Easter eggs. Shows the batik-type process as performed by a master of this art and a variety of finished pysanka which have survived the centuries., Explains the myth and magic behind the craft of making pysanka, the decorated Ukrainian Easter egg. Shows the batik-type processes as performed by a master of the art, and a variety of finished pysanka which have survived the centuries.

Complete Record: , One of the pre-Christian celebrations of spring in the Ukraine was the painting of prayer designs on eggs by means of sealing designs onto the eggs with wax drawings and dipping the eggs in successively darker dyes. This art is demonstrated and the symbolic meanings explained by Luba Perchyshyn, a master of egg decoration. , Explains the myth and magic behind the craft of making pysanka, the decorated Ukrainian Easter egg. Shows the batik-type processes as performed by a master of the art, and a variety of finished pysanka which have survived the centuries.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.