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Egg decorating is one of the oldest decorative arts, not just an Easter activity
The sight of basket-toting bunnies and colourful chocolate eggs communicates Easter’s advent. But just as the Christian celebration of Jesus’ resurrection, on the Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox, is believed to have evolved from the English pagan spring celebration of the goddess Ēostre, so the language of decorated eggs is extensive and culturally diverse.Egg-decorating is one of the oldest decorative arts. Decorated ostrich eggs found in South Africa date from 65,000…