ELSTERHEIDE, Germany -- A small Slavic minority in eastern Germany is keeping alive a long, intricate tradition of hand-painted Easter eggs that's been passed down by Sorbian families for generations.

Traditional decorated Easter Eggs lay on a table prior to the opening of an Easter Market of Germany's Slavic-speaking Sorbian ethnic minority, in Schleife, Germany, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP ...

SCHLEIFE, Germany — Anke Hanusch dips her tool into dark blue wax and dots it precisely on a yellow-dyed Easter egg in her hand. Back and forth, wax to egg, egg to wax, as the honeycomb pattern grows.

A woman of Germany’s Slavic-speaking Sorbian ethnic minority decorates a traditional Sorbian Easter Egg at a Easter Market in Schleife, Germany, on April 6, 2025. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber SCHLEIFE, ...