Painting eggs has age-old traditions, whose

origins go back to primeval ages, in many parts of

the world: numerous European countries, Israel,
Egypt and as far as Japan. In time, this practice
acquired religious connotations, with the
Christians. Nowadays the eggs are adorned, at
Easter time - they are placed in the "basket"
blessed in church during the service of resurrection
Night.
In Romania, eggs are painted throughout Moldavia,
in Harghita, Sibiu, Vâlcea and Oboga (Oltenia), The
Banat, but nowhere else in the world does this
pursuit reach the high standard of craftsmanship
achieved in the Bukovina (Suceava county). Here
there are some ethnographic centers, with specific
centers, with specific local touches, in the area of
Rădăuţi (Rădăuţi, Ulma), in the Country of the
Dornas (Poiana Stâmpei, Iacobeni) and in the area
of Câmpulung Moldovenesc (Paltinu, Pojorata,
Fundu Moldovei, Izvoarele Sucevei, Paltinoasa,
 When contemplating a painted
Easter egg, it conveys a sense of joy,
amazement, piety, acquiescence,
because in terms of its
ornamentation it actually operates
with symbols (the Sun, the Moon, the
cross a. s. o. ), with models taken
from nature (plants, animals, house-
hold objects) as well as with patterns
from folk textures, with their entire
repertory of sacred signs. In an essay
from 1937, by Artur Gorovei, mention
is made of the fact that the symbolic
register of the Bukovina
encompasses 291 signs.
 The technique of painting eggs is complex.
First, the eggs are emptied and plugged up with
wax. Then the pattern is drawn with wax, by
making use of the “chisita” , also called “stylus”
(some sort of a Rotring) recorded around 1700,
by Italian Del Chiaro, the secretary of ruling
prince Constantin Brâncoveanu. Subsequently
the eggs are immersed in dye and finally the
wax is removed by heating. Of more recent date
is the method by which colored natural wax is
being used, which remains on the egg, in relief.
In certain areas, the pattern is outlined with a
china ink nib while the spaces are filled in with
dye with a “feleşteu” (a small beech wood stick
with a cotton- wool pad). There are likewise
eggs decorated with beads (made of stone with
the old models, with glass beads nowadays)
driven in to the wax layer with a tiny stick.
 In general, it is a woman who paints the
Easter eggs. They carry out all the household
chores, they work out in the fields but in spite
of all this, manage to find the necessary time
for this highly sophisticated pursuit, turned
into a real passion. They paint without any
model, improvising dozens of patterns each
day, one after another and never one
identical with another. Such precious artifacts
cannot be achieved by all women. As it is the
case with any artist, only those with an innate
talent are able to achieve genuine crafts man
ship. Egg painters such as Anita Zinici from
Izvoarele Sucevei, Aurica Aneci, Filotica
Drajmici from Paltinu. The present work
intends to present several schools from the
Bukovina which is undoubtedly worthy of
admiration. Related by Ebi,
6th C from Scoala “Liviu Rebreanu” Mioveni, Arges, Romania