The Knights’ Hall of the Vianden Castle Museum (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) will host the exhibition ‘The Art of Painted Eggs in Romania’ during the Easter period, the Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum in Bucharest announced on Wednesday.

Running from 29 March to 15 April, the exhibition of hand-decorated eggs from the Village Museum’s collection will be complemented, starting 12 April, by a series of egg-decorating workshops coordinated by Elena Aneci, a folk artisan who masters the traditional technique of dyeing with wax from the Bucovina region, passed down through generations.

‘We have had many such exhibitions abroad, four or five each year. Last year we had to find other means of communication because, after the theft of the ‘helmet’, we were no longer allowed to organise such exhibitions with heritage items. This year we are bringing ‘The Art of Decorated Eggs in Romania’, our first exhibition abroad this year. We will present not only information about the art of egg decoration but also its significance in Romanian traditional culture. As always, we hope to attract many visitors,’ the museum’s manager, Paula Popoiu, told AGERPRES.

She added that she will deliver a lecture on the art of decorated eggs at the opening, while artisan Elena Aneci will hold the first workshop on the theme.

The workshops will last approximately one and a half hours and will host a maximum of 10 participants per session.

The minimum age for independent participation is 12, while younger children must be accompanied by an adult.

Few contemporary rituals carry the depth of symbolism, closeness to the sacred and connection to an ancestral rhythm as strongly as the tradition of decorating Easter eggs – an ancient art that continues to survive, in various forms, across Central Europe. This folk craft has reached a high level of artistic and aesthetic refinement and is still actively practised in some regions of Romania, being protected and promoted as part of the country’s intangible cultural heritage, the museum said.

Organised by the Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum in Bucharest, the Embassy of Romania in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Romanian Cultural Institute in Brussels, the exhibition will be open daily in March from 10:00 to 17:00 and in April from 10:00 to 18:00, with access included in the castle’s admission fee. AGERPRES (RO – writing by: Daniel Popescu; EN – writing by: Simona Iacob)