Painting eggs in the Retirment's home

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On the Great Thursday women paint the eggs. The first one is always painted in red. The cheeks of the children are rubbed with it for health. It is believed that the red Easter egg has curing powers. One of the eggs has to be left in front of the icon and stays there for the rest of the year. The Easter eggs can be eaten till Spasovden. The painting of the eggs is done by the hostess of the house and until the red paint finishes she has to be alone in the room. Eggs can be also made by writing on them. There are some specific instruments used for this. For instance there is vitriola- a feather from eagle. The feathers are dipped in melted wax and the women write on the eggs before they put them in the paint. The areas covered with wax remain uncolored and this is how the written egg is made. So we decided to keep the tradition alive and we went on 19th April to the retirement’s home to paint eggs with them. It was fun thing to do. I really liked this activity and we made some really beautiful eggs. The women gave to each of us one egg with a beautiful cup made of them. I was really glad that we kept the tradition of painting eggs alive.

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