HAPPY EASTER from Dennis and the Writing III students at EMCC!
posted by Dennis @ 10:04 AM
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4 Comments:
Dear Dennis,
We´d like to know more about the "Pisanka"... Where does this tradition come from? Who taught you how to make them?
We´re really curious about it! Could you tell us more?
Happy Easter! Boa Páscoa!
Chocolate kisses,
Carla
Olá to Carla and her family, to Selma, and to the CTJ students!
Many thanks for the Páscoa wishes!
The type of pisanky (singular pisanka) shown here is Ukrainian, but other Slavic people make them, too.
I learned how to make them from grandmother-aged Carpatho-Rusyn women when I was a young man in Illinois and then I continued making them for many years. My hands aren't as steady now as they once were, so I don't make very many now, but I used to make 50 or more every Lent.
To learn more about pisanky, see these links:
http://www.pysankyshowcase.com/
http://www.tostanoski.com/pysanky.html
http://www.brama.com/art/pysanky.html
http://www.ukrainiangiftshop.com/pages/art.htm
http://www.surmastore.com/pysanka.html
By the way, did you know that this year the Orthodox Church (Russian, Carpatho-Rusyn, Romanian, Greek, etc.) will celebrate Pascha (Easter / Páscoa) next Sunday? This happens because the way of calculating the date of Easter is complicated and because the Western churches and the Eastern churches calculate it differently: for the Eastern churches, the calculation is based on the Julian calendar (not the modern Gregorian calendar) and Pascha must always come after the Jewish Pesach (Passover).
I don't know if anyone is interested, but the following gives an explanation of why Western and Eastern Easter sometimes fall on different dates:
http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article7070.asp
Best wishes to all--
Dennis
Dennis,
It is great to learn more about different cultural aspects related to religious matters. I love to learn with you and your students.
Thanks for the information on the pisanki and pasha! You are amazing.
Beijos na bochecha com gosto de brigadeiro!
Carla
Hi, Carla.
Yes, the cultural aspects of religious matters are fascinating, aren't they?
Here are some interesting links:
The Carpatho-Rusyn Pascha Basket
Easter Customs of the Carpatho-Rusyn People
Khristos' Voskrese! ("Christ is Risen!")
Photos of Russian Easter Celebrations
Beijos na bochecha!
Dennis
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