The 2022 Virtual Spring Festival Of The Egg (A Cultural Celebration Of Spring) Videos
The 2022 Virtual Spring Festival Of The Egg (A Cultural Celebration Of Spring) Videos
CONTEMPORARY CARPATHO-RUSYN EGG DECORATING
Contemporary Carpatho-Rusyn Egg Decorating with Jurika Dancikova, Rusyn Folk Artist as offered by the Carpatho-Rusyn Society.
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SPRINGTIME IN ROMANIA
Explore springtime in Romania with Marilenia Emilia Legersky, Chair of the Romanian Nationality Room Committee and Emma Rusu, Romanian Nationality Room Committee member.
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ST. BRIGID’S CROSS
St. Brigid's Cross as shared by Jennie-Lynn Knox, Vice Chair, Irish Nationality Room Committee.
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POLISH EGG DECORATING - PISANKI
Polish Egg Decorating Pisanki with Lawrence Kozlowski, Vice Chair of the Polish Nationality Room Committee, Egg Festival Coordinator & Polish Falcons Cultural Commissioner.
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HARBORERS OF SPRING
Join Joseph Bielecki, Chair of the Nationality Council and Vice Chair of the Czechoslovak Nationality Room Committee to explore spring traditions of Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia.
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UKRAINIAN PYSANKY - EASTER EGG MAKING
Join host Michael Kapeluck of the Sts. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Carnegie, Pennsylvania to learn about the Ukrainian tradition Pysanky - Easter egg making.
Ukrainian 54th Annual Pysanky / Easter Egg Sale
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PHILIPPINE PALM WEAVING
Philippine Folk Artist Mark Laborte demonstrates traditional Philippine palm weaving as shared by the Philippine Nationality Room Committee.
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EASTER BUTTER LAMB
Alicia Leslie, Butter Folk Artist, shows how to make an Easter butter lamb, an Easter tradition in the Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Slovak and Ukrainian communities.
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SWEET DUMPLINGS - KARANJI
Join Surya Shroff and Vandana Kekre of the Indian Nationality Room Committee in making sweet dumplings - Karanji.
Karanji Recipe
For Karanji Stuffing
½ cup desiccated coconut – unsweetened
1 tablespoon white sesame seeds
8 to 9 almonds
9 to 10 cashews
9 to 10 golden raisins
½ teaspoon cardamom powder or 4 green cardamoms, crushed in mortar-pestle
3 tablespoons powdered sugar or confectioner's sugar, add as required
1 pinch nutmeg powder or grated nutmeg
½ tablespoon Ghee
For Outer Cover of Karanji
2 cups all-purpose flour (maida) – 250 grams
2 tablespoon Ghee
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup milk + 1 tablespoon
Follow the directions on how to make in the video.
Additional videos on spring traditions as provided by the Indian Nationality Room Committee:
POLISH-AMERICAN PALM WEAVING
Join Margaret Gowaty, Secretary of the Polish Nationality Room Committee as she demonstrates the tradition of Polish-American palm weaving.
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ST. BRIGID’S CROSS FOLKLORE
Sandart by MANU, Native Irish Folk Artist as presented by the Irish Nationality Room Committee.
Additional videos as shared by the Irish Nationality Room Committee:
A POLISH CHURCH AT EASTER
In Loving Memory of + Rev Joseph E. Swierczynski, R.I.P. - Former Pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Pittsburgh (Polish Hill), Pennsylvania.
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MARBLEIZED DECORATED EASTER EGGS
Join Josie Nickalow a junior folk artist, to learn how to make marbleized decorated Easter Eggs, including using nail polish to decorate.
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NATIONALITY ROOMS RECIPE BOOK - A NORWEGIAN RECIPE
Mrs. Kathy Risa and her husband Kristin Risa from the Norwegian Nationality Room Committee share one of their families Norwegian Recipes included in the Nationality Rooms Cookbook produced by the Women's International Club. If you would like to purchase a copy, please send your name and address to: womensinternationalclubupitt@gmail.com, and a copy will be mailed to you. The cost of the book + postage is $16.00.
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SWEET FRUIT FILLED PASTRIES
Learn how to make sweet fruit filled pastries - kolache, kolacke, kolace, kolachy kolatchki, kalatchki, kolaczki, kolaczky, kifli, and kolacky with Maria Ejzak Zarod, ethnic baker and reenactment historian.
Dough Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter (room temp.)
8 oz (1 small block) cream cheese (room temp.)
1/4 tsp vanilla extract - 1/2 tsp salt
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
Confectioner’s sugar (for rolling dough & dusting)
1) Cream together butter, cream cheese, vanilla and salt. Mix well. 2) Gradually mix in the flour to form the dough. 3) Chill wrapped dough for 1 hour or more. 4) Roll dough on a Confectioners’ sprinkled surface to a 1/8 thickness. 5) Cut dough into 2 inch by 2 inch squares. 6) Arrange squares on parchment lined or lightly greased baking sheet. 7) Place one tablespoon of sweet filling* in the center of each square. 8) Take the opposite corners and meet in the center of each square, covering the filling and fasten with water if needed. 9) Bake in a 350 degree oven for 15 to 18 minutes. 10) Cool and sprinkle with Confectioners’ sugar. Enjoy! * Solo Brand Pastry Fillings Work Well. Fruit Jams Also Can Be Used.
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EGGOLOGY 101 - EMPTYING AN EGG FOR CRAFTING
Join Jeanne Curtis, Pysanky & Egg Lady Extraordinar, on how to empty an egg to use in crating.
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EASTER SUGAR COOKIES
Join Aurora Nicklow, junior Slovak-American baker, to make traditional Easter sugar cookies.
Cutout Sugar Cookie Recipe:
1 Cup butter (1 cup) room temperature
1 Cup sugar - 2 large eggs (1 whole, 1 yolk)
1 tsp vanilla extract - dash of salt
1/2 Cup corn starch - 5 Cups flour
Instructions: 1) Beat butter, sugar, eggs, extract and salt together. 2) Add flour 1/2 cup at a time, along with corn starch. Keep slowly adding until a stiff dough. 3) Refrigerate dough for 2 hours or overnight. 4) Roll out dough on flour board. Cut with cookie cutters. 5) Bake in preheated oven 350 F for 12 minutes or until slightly browned. Cool before decorating.
Shiny Royal Icing Recipe:
2 Cups Confectioners’ sugar - 3 tsp whole milk
4 tsp corn syrup - 1 tsp. vanilla extract - 1 drop food coloring
Instructions: 1) In a bowl, mix sugar, milk, and corn syrup and vanilla. 2) When mixed, use a whisk or higher speed mixer to add volume to icing. 3) Add more milk if too thick. Add more powdered sugar if too thin. 4) Add food colors of your choice and mix 5) Frost your cookies as desired. This icing will dry hard within 30 minutes, so keep covered while working with this icing.
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EASY EGG DECORATING FOR KIDS
Stella Zarod shares easy egg decorating for kids.
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OLD WORLD SWEET EASTER CHEESE
Bishop Larry Kulick of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg shares the tradition of old world sweet Easter cheese.
Additional videos on Easter food traditions:
- Virtual Easter Basket Blessings Of Symbolic Foods
- Home Virtual Basket Blessing of Symbolic Easter Foods
- Blessing Of Symbolic Baskets Symbolic Foods
CANDY-COOKIE BIRDS' NESTS
Learn how to make candy-cookie birds' nests with junior candy chef Rosslyn Zeibak.
No-Bake Bird Nest Candy Recipe
¾ cup butterscotch chips - or - chocolate chips
½ cup smooth peanut butter
2 cups chow mein noodles
1/4 cup chocolate eggs or jelly bean eggs (3 eggs per nest)
1) Melt the butterscotch chips and peanut butter in a saucepan (or microwave) over low heat until melted. 2) Stir well and pour the mixture over the chow mein noodles in a large bowl and stir to coat the noodles. 3) Take spoonful of the coated noodles and place into the lightly greased compartments of a muffin or cupcake pan, forming a nest. 4) Decorate the center of each nest with Chocolate eggs, Cadbury Mini Eggs or Jelly Beans. ** To aid in the removal of the nests, use cooking spray or line each compartment with a paper cupcake liner. Make this recipe under your parents supervision.
VELYKU SENELE - LITHUANIAN EASTER GRANNY
Learn about Velyku Senele, the Lithuanian Easter Granny, as shared by Frances Oliver and Anita DeChancie, Officers of the Lithuanian Nationality Room Committee.
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