Kamianka raion

Камянський район

 
 

Kamianka raion is located in the western end of Cherkasy oblast, as are most of the regions where pysanky are still written.  The pysanky represented below are from two villages. 

From the village of Tymoshivky (
) we have 6 pysanky written by Yalyna Melnychenko, who was born in 1926.
Mytsyk and Fysun included one pysanka from the Kamianka village of Hrushivka (Грушівка) (
). That pysanka is recreated from their interpretations of Shcherbakivskyi’s line drawings. The color chosen by Fysun were more muted than my red.

When Mytsyk and Fusyn put together their book, Tymoshivky was a part of Mankivka raion, and Hrushkivka was part of Chyhyryn raion; boundaries have changed since.

The motifs all appear to be phytomorphic (plant-like).  The names of numbers XIX 15 & 16 are probably local names for common flowers/plants.



  Chyhyryn        Kaniv
 

Kamianka raion

  Chyhyryn        Kaniv


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