[PHOTOS] Giant Decorated Easter Eggs Brighten Up Zagreb Cathedral
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They are a symbol of Easter in Croatia – Pisanice or decorated dyed eggs…
The tradition of decorating Easter eggs dates back a very long time in Croatia. During Easter, eggs would be painted with bright colours, and would be given as gifts, especially to young children. Before paint became common, villagers would have to use whatever resources they had available around them to make the dyes and paints themselves. The most common colour for eggs was red, due to the abundance of red beets and other vegetables.
On Easter day, a traditional game is played in which at least two people choose eggs and hold them vertically while one person lightly taps the end of the other egg with their end, to see whose will crack. Anyone whose egg cracks must choose another and then tap the other person’s egg, and they continue until all the eggs have been used and cracked but the last one. Whoever holds the strongest egg in the end which has not been cracked wins.
The giant decorated Easter eggs, which are a symbol of friendship, love and joy of Easter, were this week placed in front of Zagreb Cathedral.
This week the giant eggs were placed in front of the Cathedral (photo credit: Slavko Pekcec / Zakaj volim Zagreb)
