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Pisanica (Croatian)
young children or a significant other. Before paint be-
came common, villagers would have to use whatever re-
sources they had available around them to make the dyes
and paints themselves. The most common color for eggs
was red, due to the abundance of red beets and other
vegetables. In the Međimurje area, soot would often be
mixed with oak to make a dark brown color. Green plants
would be used for green dye. The word pisanica is derived
from the Croatian word that means "writing." The most
common phrase put on pisanicas is Happy Easter, or "Sre-
tan Uskrs." Other common decorations are doves, cross-
es, flowers, traditional designs, and other slogans wish-
ing health and happiness.
The day before Easter, Roman Catholics and other
Traditional Easter eggs in Croatia Christians go to a late night mass carrying a basket of tra-
ditional food (including bread, cheese, and eggs (either
pisanicas or regular eggs). During the mass, priests bless
the food, which are kept for the next morning to eat.
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.
See also
• Easter egg
• Egg decorating in Slavic culture
• Pisanka (Polish)
• Pysanka (Ukrainian)
References
• Croatian Easter
• USKRSNI OBIČAJI U HRVATSKOJ
Easter egg or pisanica in Zagreb, Croatia
Pisanica (pl. pisanice) is a decorated Croatian Easter egg
that comes from an old Slavic custom dating back to pa-
gan times. During Easter, eggs would be painted with
bright colors, and would be given as gifts, especially to
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