What distinguishes Ukrainian Easter eggs from regular Easter eggs?

Answer 1

Ordinary Easter eggs are cooked eggs which have been dyed a single color. Sometimes additional designs may have been applied with stickers, markers, paints or glitter. These eggs are meant to be eaten.

Ukrainians make simple colored Easter eggs for eating which they call "krashanky." However, they also make "pysanky," which have intricate design written on them with wax and dyes. These eggs are not cooked (they are raw or else the contents have been emptied out). In past times they were ritual talismanic eggs, thought to have magical properties; n modern times they have become largely decorative objects.