Paska (bread)

Paska (bread)

Paska is an Easter bread served at Easter in many slavic countries. Paska is an enriched bread, using butter, eggs and sugar in the making of the dough and an egg/water mixture is used as a glaze. The inside of paska is a swirl of yellow and white. The yellow represents the risen Christ in Christian faith, and the white represents the Holy Spirit. The Christian faith in many slavic countries honor this bread during Easter.

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