Egg competitions also bring joy and play for young people at Easter gatherings across Eastern Europe, including egg hunts, runs and dances. In Poland, Ukraine and Russia, egg fights and egg ...

As in the Middle East, egg decorating in Eastern Europe likely has pre-Christian origins. And today, people in the region take Easter eggs very seriously. Pysanky, as dyed eggs are known in ...

The tradition of decorating Easter eggs is part of the culture of the ... Modern-day Sorbs are descended from Slavic tribes in Central and Eastern Europe who settled in Germany some 1,500 years ...

The tradition of decorating Easter eggs is part of the culture of the ... Modern-day Sorbs are descended from Slavic tribes in Central and Eastern Europe who settled in Germany some 1,500 years ...

Interestingly, colouring and decorating eggs is a widespread tradition, particularly in eastern Europe. The tradition expanded overtime to comprise chocolate Easter eggs, which became prominent in ...

Lizzie Stark is the author of three books of nonfiction, most recently “Egg: A Dozen Ovatures ... Young women in Eastern Europe decorated and offered them to bachelors as love tokens.

Members of Germany’s ethnic Sorbian minority have begun preparing Easter Eggs using a traditional ... from Slavic tribes in Central and Eastern Europe who settled in Germany some 1,500 years ...

Her egg was a different shade of blue than she expected, but she liked it nevertheless. The egg also had yellow, pink and white decorations. "I think these are great Easter colors," she said.

Others enjoy a more secular celebration of Easter filled with bunnies, baskets and colorful eggs. This year ... according to the History Channel. In Eastern Orthodox Christianity, the date ...

Other Middle Eastern cultures also incorporate eggs into spring festivities. Easter is closely associated with the Jewish spring holiday Passover, which celebrates the exodus from Egypt ...