Easter is a Jewish religious festival that marks the liberation of Jews from slavery and their exodus from Egypt. In Christianity, the holiday was a little rethought and associated with the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter in the minds of believers is associated with the beginning of a new life, new thinking and consciousness.
Dyeing eggs for Easter is a very ancient tradition, and there are several versions of its occurrence. The ancient Egyptians and Persians greeted the arrival of spring and painted eggs. They considered them a symbol of fertility and the rebirth of life. According to legend, Mary Magdalene presented the emperor of Rome Tiberius with an egg as a gift and told him about the Resurrection of Jesus. He did not believe it, laughed and said that it was as impossible as the fact that a white egg would never turn red. And then a miracle happened, before his eyes the egg turned bright red - a symbol of the blood shed by Jesus. Since then, the tradition was born of painting eggs and giving them to the family, relatives and children throughout the Easter week. But there is a more rational explanation. The longest forty-day fast excludes eggs from the daily diet of believers. Then the peasants during fasting cooked all the eggs laid by the hens so that they would not deteriorate. And in order not to confuse them with raw ones during cooking, natural dyes were added: greens, onion husks, beets, and tree bark. As a result, we got very beautiful and elegant paints. For the holiday, eggs are painted manually with original patterns and scenes from the Bible, such eggs are called Easter eggs. There are still speckles, eggs are painted so that strips, specks and specks of other colors stand out against the plain background. Despite the fact that the tradition of painting eggs has appeared a long time ago, it still does not lose its relevance. Painted Easter eggs were not only beautiful, but also turned into works of art. What, for example, are Faberge Easter eggs, the grace and originality of which people all over the world admire. According to custom, eggs should be stored a year before the next holiday. Therefore, they began to make them first of wood and decorate with patterns and ornaments. Over time, jewelers in the manufacture of such eggs began to use silver, gold or porcelain, inlaid with precious stones. Each symbol for painting Easter eggs had its own meaning, for example, a dove - symbolized the soul, oak - power, flowers - girlhood, pine - health. Preparing for the bright holiday of Easter unites the family, and painting eggs with children makes you more expensive and closer to each other.
