Thursday, 8 November 2012

Easter Egg Show


Easter eggs are given around the time of Easter celebration. Easter eggs symbolize the tomb of Jesus. Although it may appear like a tomb   , a bird hatches from it   full of life. So  Easter eggs  is a remainder for Christians that Jesus also rose from his grave  and the believers of this philosophy shall experience eternal life. The custom of Easter   Eggs originated   amongst early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained Eggs red in memory of the blood of Christ at his crucifixion. The Christian Church officially adopted the   customs regarding the eggs as a symbol of resurrection. Although the tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as    jelly beans. These eggs can be hidden for children to find on Easter morning, which may be left by the   Easter Eggs  They may also be put in a  Basket  filled with real or artificial straw to resemble a  bird’s nest.
Christians all over the world look forward for Easter   as the festival denotes hope and faith because It is widely believed that Jesus comes back to life. The celebrations for Easter cannot get much better with people showcasing Easter Eggs with a lot of decorations. The Easter Egg Museum in Poland was also no different during Easter Festive Time. The museum faced an Easter egg shower. Over 1500 eggs from all over the world are gathered at the museum which was founded by Irena Stasiewicz-Jasiukowa and Jerzy Jasiuk. The founders of the museum, Irena Stasiewicz-Jasiukowa, Professor from the National Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, an authority in this field, and Jerzy Jasiuk, have been collecting eggs for 30 years. Antoni an official in the museum remarked that the eggs were indeed a rare collection. The collection is made up of eggs decorated with wax, paint, colour paper, bulrush, knitting wool, as well as rice and poppy seeds.  Each egg is a piece of art, unique in its type and come from finch, quail, chicken, goose and ostriches. Eggs comes from all regions of Poland and Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Czech Republic, China, Japan, Kenya, Brazil, Palestine, Greece, Cuba and many other countries in the world. There are those which are man-made. There are wooden and iron crafted eggs in the collection. Visitors to the museum have the chance to compare different styles and techniques which decorate the eggs to create works of art. Most of the techniques are now confined to history and aren't in use today. Polish folk Easter eggs form the majority of the exhibition, but there are eggs decorated in styles from countries such as China, Kenya, Japan and Russian. Along with all this the museum also has bird eggs ranging from African Finch to Ostrich eggs. The museum is first of its kind in the country   and the only one that has the collection from all over the world.
The Largest collection of Easter Eggs counted to more than 1500 and was set by the Easter Eggs Museum in Ciechanowiec, Poland on April 4, 2010.

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