Nice artwork and colours Dave On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 7:26 PM John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote:
> I sent you a note back in February asking how you were doing, because I > remembered you had family from Ukraine. > > On 3/23/2022 12:48 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > While I was reviewing photos for a "red" image for the April PUG, I came > > across this image of a red pysanka, a Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated > with > > traditional folk designs using a wax-resist method: > > > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/3/22/peace > > > > I decided not to enter this image in the PUG, but to post it separately, > > because of what is happening in eastern Europe. > > > > My father made similar eggs (though not as artistic) as a boy, and he > > taught me to make them, as I did with my son. We are not Ukrainian, but > > Carptho-Ruthenians (Rusyns), a small ethnic group with a related language > > and similar cultural traditions. The village from which my > > grandparents emigrated is in the Carpathian foothills near Uzhgorod, an > > area that was then in Hungary, later in Eastern Slovakia, seized by the > > Soviet Union during WWII, and later incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR > by > > Krushev, himself a Ukrainian. While that area, near the border with > > Slovakia, has not yet been attacked or bombed, I am deeply moved by the > > genocide taking place now in Ukraine. > > > > Pysanky are icons of Ukrainian culture, and symbols of rebirth, hope and > > peace. Orthodox Easter is March 24, both in Ukraine and Russia, and it > > will have additional significance this year. > > > > мир > > "Mir" or "Peace" in Ukrainian and Russian. > > > > Dan Matyola > > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > > -- > Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
