1ST BIRTHDAY CAKE DECORATING IDEAS

Workshop fotoGrapHia CLUB / Fundu Moldovei / March, 25th / The Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Easter Traditions in Bucovina - Little is known today about the real origin of the ancestral custom of skilfully dyed eggs encountered today throughout Bucovina, as part of the specific interest in the ritual of welcoming the Holy Feast of Resurrection and then, the Lord’s Ascension. The themes dealt with, the way the patterns are represented and the colours used differ from village to village, sometimes even from one household to another, and so are the patterns and the colours of the decorations on men’s shirts or women’s blouses which respect the lines of deeply rooted traditions. Black is the major colour of Easter eggs in Ciocanesti, red is in Vatra Moldovitei and reddish-brown with tiny patterns are specific for the region between Brodina and Izvoarele Sucevei . The patterns in Fundu Moldovei are green and blue and in Gemenea, on the valley of The Suha River eggs are inscribed with the nib instead of the classical instrument of dying eggs called ‘chisita’. And on the Dorna Valley eggs are painted. Red and black with white and yellow grooving with simple geometrical shapes (circle, spiral and rhombus), vegetal motifs (cherry, oak leaf, acorn, fir tree twig and wheat ear), motifs taken from the animal world (the serpent, the frog, the bee and the rooster), household tools (the rake, the plough) minutely cover the egg in the spirit of an ancestral game played with cosmic seriosity. The sun and the moon, the star and the cross, the priest’s belt and the lost path are added to all mentioned above using the symbols of joy and wonder, of amazement and devoutness, of reconciliation and faith, dedication of everyday life to the miracle of Jesus Christ’s Resurrection and of the Ascent. © Terra Design

Traditii de Paste, in Bucovina - Ouale mestesugit "inchistrite", pe care le intalnim si astazi in toata Bucovina, in preocuparile specifice asteptarii Sfintei Sarbatori a Invierii, apoi a Sarbatorii Inaltarii Domnului, vin, ca obicei, din vremuri stravechi, nimeni nu le mai stie originea exacta. Temele abordate, procedeele de reprezentare a modelelor si culorile utilizate difera de la sat la sat, de multe ori chiar de la vatra la vatra , asa cum difera motivele si culorile din ornamentele aplicate pe camesile barbatilor ori pe iile femeilor, respectand, insa, liniile unei traditii cu adanci radacini. La Ciocanesti, fondul oualor de Paste este negru, la Vatra Moldovitei este rosu, mai sus de Brodina, pana la Izvoarele Sucevei, fondul este maro-rosiatic iar modelul de pe oua este maruntit; la Fundu Moldovei apare verdele si albastrul in desenul motivelor, la Gemenea, pe valea Suhai, ouale nu se inchistresc cu chisita, ci se scriu, cu "penita", iar pe Valea Dornelor se picteaza. Forme geometrice simple (cercul, spirala, rombul), motive vegetale (ciresica, frunza de stejar, ghinda, creanga de brad, spicul), motive din lumea animalelor (sarpele, broasca, albina, cocosul), unelte din gospodarie (grebla, fierul plugului), in rosu si negru, vrastate cu alb si cu galben acopera cu meticulozitate oul, intr-o joaca ancestrala si cu o seriozitate cosmica. La acestea s-au adaugat soarele si luna, steaua, crucea, braul popii, calea ratacita, intr-o simbolistica a bucuriei, uimirii, smereniei, impacarii, credintei, inchinarii vietii de fiecare zi miracolului Invierii Domnului Iisus Hristos si a Inaltarii Lui la Tatal Ceresc. © Terra Design

Easter Traditions in Bucovina - Little is known today about the real origin of the ancestral custom of skilfully dyed eggs encountered today throughout Bucovina, as part of the specific interest in the ritual of welcoming the Holy Feast of Resurrection and then, the Lord’s Ascension. The themes dealt with, the way the patterns are represented and the colours used differ from village to village, sometimes even from one household to another, and so are the patterns and the colours of the decorations on men’s shirts or women’s blouses which respect the lines of deeply rooted traditions. Black is the major colour of Easter eggs in Ciocanesti, red is in Vatra Moldovitei and reddish-brown with tiny patterns are specific for the region between Brodina and Izvoarele Sucevei . The patterns in Fundu Moldovei are green and blue and in Gemenea, on the valley of The Suha River eggs are inscribed with the nib instead of the classical instrument of dying eggs called ‘chisita’. And on the Dorna Valley eggs are painted. Red and black with white and yellow grooving with simple geometrical shapes (circle, spiral and rhombus), vegetal motifs (cherry, oak leaf, acorn, fir tree twig and wheat ear), motifs taken from the animal world (the serpent, the frog, the bee and the rooster), household tools (the rake, the plough) minutely cover the egg in the spirit of an ancestral game played with cosmic seriosity. The sun and the moon, the star and the cross, the priest’s belt and the lost path are added to all mentioned above using the symbols of joy and wonder, of amazement and devoutness, of reconciliation and faith, dedication of everyday life to the miracle of Jesus Christ’s Resurrection and of the Ascent. © Terra Design

Traditii de Paste, in Bucovina - Ouale mestesugit "inchistrite", pe care le intalnim si astazi in toata Bucovina, in preocuparile specifice asteptarii Sfintei Sarbatori a Invierii, apoi a Sarbatorii Inaltarii Domnului, vin, ca obicei, din vremuri stravechi, nimeni nu le mai stie originea exacta. Temele abordate, procedeele de reprezentare a modelelor si culorile utilizate difera de la sat la sat, de multe ori chiar de la vatra la vatra , asa cum difera motivele si culorile din ornamentele aplicate pe camesile barbatilor ori pe iile femeilor, respectand, insa, liniile unei traditii cu adanci radacini. La Ciocanesti, fondul oualor de Paste este negru, la Vatra Moldovitei este rosu, mai sus de Brodina, pana la Izvoarele Sucevei, fondul este maro-rosiatic iar modelul de pe oua este maruntit; la Fundu Moldovei apare verdele si albastrul in desenul motivelor, la Gemenea, pe valea Suhai, ouale nu se inchistresc cu chisita, ci se scriu, cu "penita", iar pe Valea Dornelor se picteaza. Forme geometrice simple (cercul, spirala, rombul), motive vegetale (ciresica, frunza de stejar, ghinda, creanga de brad, spicul), motive din lumea animalelor (sarpele, broasca, albina, cocosul), unelte din gospodarie (grebla, fierul plugului), in rosu si negru, vrastate cu alb si cu galben acopera cu meticulozitate oul, intr-o joaca ancestrala si cu o seriozitate cosmica. La acestea s-au adaugat soarele si luna, steaua, crucea, braul popii, calea ratacita, intr-o simbolistica a bucuriei, uimirii, smereniei, impacarii, credintei, inchinarii vietii de fiecare zi miracolului Invierii Domnului Iisus Hristos si a Inaltarii Lui la Tatal Ceresc. © Terra Design