Egg Wrapping Workshop

🥚 Tradition That Connects Us – Penganje Jaja Workshop Dubrava Cultural Centre invites you to a traditional cultural event presenting Easter customs through several egg‑decorating workshops, focusing on Easter eggs as a key symbol of Christian Easter. Workshop leaders and heritage keepers demonstrate distinct traditional ornamentation and old techniques of writing and colouring Easter eggs from Croatian, Slovenian and Ukrainian traditions. One of the workshops is dedicated to “penganje jaja” – a characteristic Easter custom from the Dubrovnik region (Dubrovačko primorje, Župa Dubrovačka, Pelješac, Konavle). It uses a batik‑style technique with hot beeswax, applied to eggs that are then dyed red, creating unique messages and patterns. 👩‍🎨 Penganje Jaja Workshop Instructor: Ivana Šarčević (Dubrovačko primorje), a bearer of the penganje tradition and experienced workshop leader participants will learn the basics of the batik technique on eggs: working with melted beeswax, using a stylus and drawing ornaments and inscriptions they will also discover the symbolism of the red colour and of the traditional messages written on penganje eggs in the Dubrovnik area The workshop is part of the “Tradition That Connects Us” cycle within the Little School of Traditional Knowledge. All materials are provided free of charge, and the programme is held in Croatian.