40 Days of Pysanky 36: Willow Sunday

Pussy willows are used instead of palms on Palm Sunday in the Ukrainain Easter tradition. Luba Petrusha has a nice compilation of information on this tradition and its roots here. 

This is an adaptation of a folk pysanka collected by Vira Manko and shared courtesy of Luba Petrusha. It is one of a set of pysanky purchased from the Easter markets in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast. This particular one is from Illintsi. This region is ethnographically Pokuttia. I've changed the center of the star, the ornamentation around the pussy willow branches, and added a border (I couldn't see the border on the original pysanka).