Giant Easter eggs in distinctive Croatian naive style on display in center of Mainz

(Photo: Croatian Cultural Community Mainz/Supplied)

by Srecko Mavrek

Mainz, the capital of the German Federal State of the Rhinenland-Palatinate, recently received an unexpected surprise from the Croatian Cultural Community Mainz, headed by the ambitious Jasna Ackar.

Three key locations (the Theodor-Heuss bridge, Liebfrauenplatz, and Schillerplatz) displayed an equal number of beautiful, gigantic Easter eggs painted in a distinctive Croatian naive style. 

(Photo: Croatian Cultural Community Mainz/Supplied)

These Easter eggs are the artwork of Zeljko Kolarek, Zlatko Strficek, Branko Matina, Ljerka Tropsek, Josip Greguric, Radovan Grgec, Radmila Bosnjak and Zlatko Kolarek. 

The Easter eggs that adorn the center of Mainz are made of Plexiglas, each one is 2.05 meters high, one and a half meters wide, and together with the stand weighs as much as 120 kilograms.

(Photo: Croatian Cultural Community Mainz/Supplied)

“It required a lot of commitment, but it was worth every effort. ‘Pisanice’ really attract attention, many citizens stop and take photos of them, so it turns out that this is a great way to present the Croatian tradition”, said Jasna Ackar.

(Photo: Croatian Cultural Community Mainz/Supplied)

Those three Easter eggs are just part of the initiative of the Croatian Cultural Community of that city. Their members personally painted numerous Easter eggs, which they distributed yesterday in traditional Croatian costumes on Liebfrauenplatz. 

(Photo: Croatian Cultural Community Mainz/Supplied)

Easter eggs are a great way to present the Croatian tradition of painting Easter eggs. Many Croats and their friends were present at that event, and this “Easter initiative” is just one of the projects in a series of connecting long-standing partner cities – Zagreb and Mainz.