Egg decorating

Egg decorating is the art or craft of decorating eggs. It has been a popular art form throughout history because of the attractive, smooth, oval shape of the egg, and the ancient associations with eggs as a religious and cultural symbol. Egg decorating has been associated with Easter in recent times, but was practiced independently by many ancient cultures. Eggs are an important symbol in folklore and mythology, often representing life and rebirth, healing and protection, and sometimes featuring in creation myths. This means that traditional egg decorating existed throughout the world. The oldest eggshells, decorated with engraved hatched patterns, are dated for 60,000 years ago and were found at Diepkloof Rock Shelter in South Africa. In Egypt, it is a tradition to decorate boiled eggs during Sham el-Nessim, a spring-ushering national holiday celebrated by Egyptians regardless of religion, which falls every year on the Monday following the Eastern Christian Easter. In Australia, emu eggs are carved and the art created by them is known as kalti paarti carving. The art (which dates to the nineteenth century) is practised by people of different cultures, but it is associated most strongly with Aboriginal art. A Punic ostrich egg was found in Villaricos, Spain. Orthodox Christians in Mesopotamia used red dyed eggs to symbolise the blood of Christ, which is a possible origin of the Easter egg. Red eggs feature in Greek Easter celebrations, where people play games which involve tapping the red eggs against each other. Persian culture has a tradition of egg decorating, which takes place during the spring equinox. This time marks Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Family members decorate eggs together and place them in a bowl. It is said that it is from this cultural tradition that the Christian practice on Easter ultimately originates, having been transmitted via the Slavs. Long ago Slavic and Iranic peoples formed a close continuum sharing many traditions and innovations in religion and language and in the first millennium many formerly Iranic peoples would eventually become Turkic or Slavic in identity.

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Egg decorating

Œuf de Pâques

vignette|Œufs de Pâques en Ukraine L'œuf de Pâques est une tradition chrétienne, qui consiste à décorer un œuf pour la fête de Pâques, ce dernier restant le plus souvent comestible. Faisant suite au Carême, la consommation d'œufs est privilégiée pour consommer l'importante production pondue durant celui-ci. Traditionnellement, il s'agit d'un œuf de poule cuit dur coloré. De nos jours, il s'agit aussi d'un œuf en sucre ou en chocolat. En Belgique, comme en France, c'est un cadeau traditionnel offert le matin du dimanche de Pâques.

Pâques

Pâques est la fête la plus importante et la plus anciennement attestée du christianisme. Elle commémore la résurrection de Jésus, que le Nouveau Testament situe le surlendemain de la Passion, c'est-à-dire le « troisième jour ». La solennité, précédée par la Semaine sainte, dernière partie du carême, commence dans la nuit qui précède le dimanche de Pâques, par la veillée pascale. Attestée depuis le , Pâques plonge ses racines dans la Pâque juive (Pessa'h) qui commémore la sortie d'Égypte du peuple hébreu.