A pysanka (pronounced PEH sahn kah) is a Ukrainian Easter Egg. The plural version is pysanky (pronounced PEH sahn keh). Pysanky are not painted. They are dyed. One "writes" a design on the egg (with wax) and then dyes it in a color. Then there is more "writing" and dying in another color. At the end, the wax is removed and the multicolored egg is left. The word pysanka comes from the Ukrainian word "pysaty" which means "to write."
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