Easter palm

[1] Communities of Polish emigrants, such as those in the United States, observe the tradition of making of Easter palms as well.

[2] An Easter palm may also sport some decorations, such as ribbons or dried flowers or other plants, with attributed beneficial effects.

In eastern part of Aukštaitija ethnographic region verba is usually adorned with branches of birch or willow, and in Southern Lithuania they would also be decorated with paper flowers.

The first iconographic records of the tying of verbos can be traced to the middle of the 19th century, because the iconic painting “Lithuanian girl with verbos” by Kanutas Ruseckas, painted in 1847, has inadvertently recorded this tradition, as well as the description by ethnographer Oscar Kolberg in 1866 and other sources.

Rarely more than 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in) long, the Easter palms soon became popular throughout Poland, and were exported to France in significant quantities as well.

[6] It is possible that the Easter palm was originally designed by Polish interwar artist Ferdynand Ruszczyc; further historical research is needed.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to find flowers and herbs (a very large number of varieties are used in a single verba) or special dies to color them.

However, verbos are becoming used as a souvenir at many other fairs in Lithuania and abroad, at song celebrations and festivals, they are also showcased at various exhibitions.