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Sunday, March 28, 2010

The Lithuanians: Margučiai - Lithuanian Easter Eggs

Margučiai - Lithuanian Easter Eggs

Decoration of Easter eggs is a very ancient custom. At the foot of the Gediminas hill in Vilnius archaeologists have found eggs made of bone and clay, which shows that this custom was known in Lithuania as early as the 13th century.

LIBRARY tab Read more about this ancient custom
http://thelithuanians.com/bookthelithuanians/node38.html#section0038

The Lithuanians
http://thelithuanians.com/

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i say WOW .. they are so beautiful .. thank you for sharing with us ..
Beth