For thousands of years, the egg has been a symbol of fertility and new life. In many mythologies, it represents the creation of the world.

In Christianity, the Easter Egg – painted, scriven – is the symbol of resurrection. Just as a new life emerge from an egg, so Christ also arises.

The red colour of the egg can refer to both shed blood and life.

Eggs were decorated and painted especially in the eastern part of Europe. The richest trove of motifs in Hungarian folk culture is found in Ghimeș, with almost 1,000 known models. The motifs have names such as: star, white horse, devil's knee, cup, heart of Jesus, holy tomb, crown, stuffed rose, rooster's crest, swastika, wild oak leaf, frenzied traveller, club, crayfish leg, harness, etc. For a long time, Easter eggs have been a gift of love.

As the subject of April, we have chosen four painted eggs from Ghimeș. They were donated to the Szekler Museum of Ciuc in 2002 by the wife of Demeter Vilmos from Miercurea-Ciuc. Egg number 305 is decorated with a filled rose (the rose is a symbol of the Virgin Mary). The motif of egg No.317 is also a filled rose, with eight double petals. Egg No.351 has the motif of the wild oak leaf with club. The fourth egg, the one with the inventory number 363, was painted with the swastika motif.

The painted eggs can be admired at the museum’s ticket office daily, from Tuesday to Sunday, between 9:00 and 17:00.