HOLID A Y S

BÎRNAZ CORINA
Nowadays,most of the people love holidays because
it is an opportunity to have a break from routine life
as well as helps to refresh oneself. After a holiday, we
can go back to work or school with full energy. I love
holidays too and I usually make the most of it.
Holidays also enable me to spend time with my
family and cousins. Holidays are not always meant to
have fun. It is also an opportunity to enhance our
personality and to learn new things. Holidays are the
most awaited moment in everybody’s life. We can
relax and spend the time enjoying. After all, life is not
meant to work under stress and pressure all the time.
 EASTER IN USA
On Easter Sunday, in New York and other cities, there are large Easter
parades. The holiday is easy to see through the beautifully decorated markets
and the ornate houses. The Easter holiday in the US is very commercialized.
Symbols such as rabbits, colored eggs, ornate trees and lamb can be found in
different forms. Easter bunny and wooden eggs were introduced to American
folklore by German colonists, who arrived in the country around 1700.
Gradually, the American people imported other traditions, the most
successful of which was the decoration of a tree. with Easter eggs and his
drawing with various specific symbols for the Holidays. The book "Egg Tree"
by Katherine Milhous is famous, because it presents this habit indelibly.
 EASTER IN UK
The English rural area, encased in a charm and a special traditionalism, offers to the aliens
on the occasion of the Easter a series of habits deeply rooted in these regions. The
celebration of the Resurrection of Christ finds the churches adorned with fresh flowers and
the streets surrounded by the inviting aroma of the steak of rabbit and lamb, mixed with the
sweet scent of martipan. The places of worship are mainly decorated with white lilies or
"Madonna's Lily" (Madonna Lily or Easter Lily), consecrated symbols of purity. Women who
go to Psatel's service often wear the traditional "Easter Bonnets", Easter hats adorned with
a multitude of flowers. According to an ancient ritual, it is organized for children "hunters" of
hidden eggs crafted in the gardens by the Easter Bunny. In some localities, on the day of
"Tuesday of forgiveness" (Shrove Tuesday), the last day before Easter, there are running
races with pancakes filled with pancakes. In the town of Olney, such competitions take place
for about 500 years.
The English cuisine has prepared some specific recipes to celebrate the Resurrection of
Christ, the roast of lamb being by far the favorite way for Easter Sunday. A traditional
dessert is the Simnel cake (Simnel cake), a kind of cake that was initially given to mothers
on the occasion of "Mother's Sunday" (Mothering Sunday), decorated with 11 spherical
candies of martipan, representing the 11 faithful disciples of Jesus. Hot cross buns symbolize
the cross on which Jesus was crucified and are eaten, according to tradition, on Good Friday.
 EASTER IN MOLDOVA
Easter is a central element of these Easter holidays in Moldova. The housewives make Easter morning,
after which they take her to the Church to be sanctified on the night of Resurrection. In the morning, the
faithful eat of the holy Passover instead of the anaphor or the known pastry.
Unlike other areas, in Moldova, on the night of Resurrection beside the service where "Christ is risen" is
sung, the believers mark the moment with shots or fires. They have the role of driving away evil spirits.
Also tonight, the unmarried girls go to the church and wash the bell with unstoppable water, and in the
morning wash with her face to be loved by the unmarried boys in the village.
According to tradition, boys who have feelings for unmarried girls should go to their homes and offer them
a red egg.
The people gather in the morning in the church yard, sit in a circle shape, holding candles lit in their hands
and waiting for the priest's arrival to sanctify their pieces from the Easter basket.
Each believer has a basket prepared according to the order of the ancestors. The basket is covered with a
towel woven with area-specific patterns, and in it are placed on a plate the symbols of joy for the whole
year such as poppy seeds, salt, sugar, flour, onion and garlic.
The poppy seeds are thrown into the river to ward off the drought, the salt must be stored over the year to
bring plenty, the sugar is used in sick cattle, it is said to have miraculous powers, the flour for the wheat
fruit to be rich, and the onion and garlic to be rich. role of protection against insects. Above this plate are
placed the Easter, ham, cheese, money, flowers, red beetroot with horseradish and of course red eggs.
After the consecration of the Easter basket, the Easter ritual continues in the family.