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Painted Easter Eggs - Încondeiatul ouălor
 
This is a folk technology that change the egg into masterpiece on Easter Day.

There are known the following stages in this work: first the selection of eggs, then they are washed with warm water and vinegar. They are boiled slowly not to break their shell, while the colors of plants are prepared and the tools are wade. After that the bee wax is melted and the eggs can be decorated. The egg can be decorated using one or more colors.

Este o tehnologie populară care transformă oul în operă de artă, la Paște.

Se cunosc următoarele faze de lucru: alegerea ouălor de găină, degresarea prin spălare cu apă caldă și oțet, fierberea la foc domol pentru a nu plesni coaja, prepararea vopselelor din plante, confecționarea uneltelor de ornat, topirea cerii de albine, apoi decorarea ouălor. Oul se poate decora monocrom sau policrom.
 
Cătălina Iordan