Traditional Easter eggs made by centuries-old methods

(3 Apr 2012) 1. Close of Karin Hannusch picking up hood 2. Hannusch putting on traditional hood 3. Close of skirt 4. Hannusch leaving house 5. Hannusch packing car 6. Hannusch driving towards Easter egg market 7. Interior of Easter egg market 8. Close of Easter eggs 9. Mid of market 10. Hannusch at market stall 11. Various of bowls of Hannusch's Easter eggs 12. SOUNDBITE: (German) Karin Hannusch, continues Sorbian tradition of creating Easter eggs: "Every family has its own traditional designs. I got mine from my mother in law. What is special about my Easter eggs is that they are very colourful. I try to combine as many colours as possible and hope that every customer will find an egg he likes." 13. Various of Hannusch putting wax design on egg 14. SOUNDBITE: (German) Karin Hannusch, continues Sorbian tradition of creating Easter eggs "It is important not to work too fast or too slow. If we work too fast there is a good chance that we will ruin the designs. If we work too slowly then there's a high chance that the wax will dry and not stick to the egg." 15. Various of Easter eggs 16. Close of woman putting wax design on Easter egg 17. Mid of Sorbian women creating Easter eggs 18. Close of plate with various wax colours 19. Close of face of woman creating Easter egg 20. Various of woman putting wax design on Easter egg 21. Mid of Easter eggs 22. Mid of market and women painting eggs 23. Various of children singing on stage 24. Close of rabbit and Easter eggs STORYLINE: Easter preparations in the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg involve the much beloved annual tradition of creating colourful Easter eggs. The Sorbs are a German minority who have inhabited this region, which lies near the Polish border, since the 7th century. Teacher Karin Hannusch, 54, lives in Schleife, a small town and a centre of the Sorb lifestyle. Painting Easter eggs has been a tradition in her community since she was young. Before going to the local Easter egg market, she dons the traditional costume worn by Sorb women. The robe has 68 different parts and takes about an hour to put on, and even that is with some help from her daughter. Embroidered arm straps, a hand made scarf and a hood in green, blue and cream colours garnish her costume. At a stand at the Easter egg market in Schleife, Hannusch demonstrates the wax technique she uses to create her Easter eggs - each with a unique design. She has made a hobby of painting Easter eggs, which she's done every year for the past 26 years. She begins her work immediately after Christmas. Every season Hannusch creates 500-600 eggs, which she then sells at Easter markets. About 20 women from different regions come and to sell thousands of hand-painted Easter eggs at the annual market. "Every family has its own traditional designs. I got mine from my mother in law. What is special about my Easter eggs is that they are very colourful. I try to combine as many colours as possible and hope that every customer will find an egg he likes," Hannusch explains. The designs are drawn in wax with a tiny feather. The tips of the feathers are cut into different shapes so that when dipped into the melted wax they each apply different shapes to the fragile egg shell. This way Hannusch creates triangles, squares and dots to assemble patterns on her eggs. She dips the feather into the wax and then presses it against the egg to create the pattern, removing it quickly so the feather doesn't stick to the egg. This centuries-old technique is then repeated hundreds of times on each egg until gradually a unique pattern evolves. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: htt... ------------------- هل أعجبك فيديو (Traditional Easter eggs made by centuries-old methods)؟ يمكنك اكتشاف المزيد من المحتوى المشابه، مشاهدة أحدث الفيديوهات، والتفاعل مع صناع المحتوى مباشرة على منصة VibVob. شارك برأيك في التعليقات بالأسفل وكن جزءاً من مجتمعنا التفاعلي.