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Easter Egg Ornaments Help To Add Color To Easter Celebrations
By Audrey Sneddon

The Easter egg ornament helps add color to the Easter celebration and there are many whimsical designs that include hand painted colorful egg ornaments which will make each Easter decoration more fun. Of particular interest are the Ukrainian Easter egg ornaments that help symbolize, through intricate designs and colors, the importance of Pagan beliefs that surrounded Easter celebrations in times gone by.

The egg certainly symbolizes birth, being the origin of life, and the power of the Easter egg ornaments can be seen in its powers of new life that made it something of a mystery to pagan believers, which was also incorporated into their various rituals.

New Symbolism To Represent Modern Christian Faith

The Easter eggs ornaments have since undergone changes that incorporate new Christian faith, and dots that were once used to represent stars, or cuckoo bird eggs, are now associated with the tears of the blessed Virgin.

Fish, which originally symbolized health are now used to symbolize Jesus Christ as the fisherman, and the cross that in pagan times came to represent the four corners of the earth are now used to form the triad of earth, wind and fire and depict the Holy Trinity.

Perhaps the oldest of Ukrainian Easter eggs ornaments is the goddess Bergynia, which is a matriarchal symbol that represented the goddess of life as well as fertility, and was mother of all living things. Usually, she is depicted on such ornaments as a woman with her arms upraised. Besides the symbolism of Easter egg ornaments, colors also make a difference.

Some of the more exquisite of these ornaments are things of joy that are decorative masterpieces, which may cost fewer than a hundred dollars, but which nevertheless are objects of beauty and precision, being colorfully decorated with intricate designs that accurately depicts the reverence with which Easter is celebrated.

The norm in Europe is to hang the Easter egg ornaments from tree branches, as well as bushes, and one can easily incorporate these customs and bring the Easter egg ornament into the home, and use these charming ornaments by embellishing them with ribbons as well as trimmings to lighten up the home. Paper-Mache Easter egg ornaments are quite common, and are often used in handcrafted eggs in America.

To use a tree as a place from which to hang the Easter egg ornaments, one should choose a branch that will stand like a tree and which has several limbs from which to hang the eggs. The branches may also be spray painted in different colors and can also have ribbons or rickrack around the eggs. A silk flower as well as a loop of ribbon on the ends of the Easter egg ornaments will help to heighten the effect. Using these simple techniques should make them the center of attention all through the Easter celebrations.

Author Details:
Audrey Sneddon writes for various web sites on a wide variety of subjects including Easter, and other holidays.

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