Ukrainian Easter egg
![A decorated egg](https://www.historymuseum.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/oeuf_Paques_Easter_egg-218x300.jpg)
Canadian Museum of History, 68-518
When they arrived in Canada, Ukrainian communities brought with them the pysanky (Easter egg) tradition, an important cultural symbol and a source of ethnic pride. Their rich decorative heritage gives Ukrainian egg-painters enormous scope for originality.