A woman applying molten wax to a blown egg using a tool called a kishitze (a stick with an iron tip), Hurghis, Bucovina, Romania. In Christian Orthodox countries such as Romania there is a tradition of skilfully painting eggs before Easter. After the pattern is applied the egg is then dipped in the lightest colour dye to be used. The egg is then heated and the protective wax melts away and a new pattern can be added, then dipped in a different colour and so on.
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