DECORATING EGGS IN EXETER-MILLIGAN
By
Elizabeth Rios, Spanish Instructor
In
Spanish II, our class participated in decorating eggs as it is done in Mexico.
In Mexico, the eggs are also dyed, but then a small hole is cut into the egg
and it is then filled with confetti. This all started from the origin of the
confetti egg. It is believed that Marco Polo brought back egg shells filled
with perfumed powder from China. A new fashion of giving them as gifts grew in
his native Italy. It spread to Spain as part of religious celebrations before
the Lenten holidays and then in the nineteenth century Carlotta, wife of
emperor Maximilian, brought them to Mexico. In Mexico, confetti replaced the
perfumed powder. The eggs are made and broken up for fun any time
of the year. In the United States, the eggs are boiled and are then put into a
dye. Easter egg hunts are held for children in the weeks before Easter. When
Easter Sunday arrives the Easter Bunny comes and hides the eggs for the
children to find.
Pictured
are:
Front
(L-R): Deidre Stevens, Logan Zeleny, Kylie Briske and Brooke Manning
Back
(L-R) Alex Benorden, James Sluka, Erica Yound, Blake Papik (partially hidden),
Cody Filipi and Brittany Beatham.
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