EASTER IN THE WORLD

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Markiyan Galibey
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What Easter is

Easter traditions around the world can be a lot of fun... but they can also be
rather serious. In most countries, some universal Easter traditions exist -
almost everybody does things like dyeing eggs in bright colors and eating a
celebratory Easter meal.
For many people Easter means Easter egg hunts, the Easter bunny,
chocholate candy and toys. For Christians the true Easter story begins with
story of Christmas – the Christmas story tells how God sent Jesus to his earth
as a baby. But he died on the cross to take the punishment we deserve for
our sins (grēks) – the celebration of the death and coming to life again.
But Easter is also a symbol of new beginning, symbolized by the Easter
eggs. It`s a symbol of spring. The first eggs given at Easter were birds`
eggs.These eggs were painted in bright colours. But in the 20th Century a
chocolate version was developed. The size of chocolate egg has growen over
the years and now is more likely to the size of an ostrich egg rather than a
small bird`s egg.
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Easter in Britain
There is a story of a widow whose son was a sailor. He asked his mother to
bake him «hot cross buns» on his return on Good Friday. But he never came
back. Every Good Friday his mother made a new bun. She collected all the
buns. When she died her old cottage was repleaced by a pub. Every year a
sailor adds a new bun to the collection. Sailors from around Britain come
to the pub and sing and pray for the widow.
«Hot cross Buns»are traditionally served on Good Friday.
A hot cross bun is a rich spiced tea cake.
Englishmen have also Egg Rolling Races, egg hunts, looking for chocolate eggs, Morris
dancing which demonstrates the return of spring.

Handmaid Easter cards, Easter carols.

An ancient Easter carol:

The world itself keeps Easter Day,
And Easter larks are singing;
And Easter flowers are blooming gay,
And Easter buds are springing;
Alleluia! Alleluia!
The Lord of all things lives anew,
And all his works are rising too.
Easter traditions in the USA

People sing special Easter songs Easter Parties and Carnivals

Easter tradition in America is to conduct special Easter
parades. In the New Orleans, it is a trend of conducting
an annual Easter carnival called 'Mardi Gras', which
features lot of fun activities like parade, jazz music
bands and a bumper party. Like most other countries,
pre-Lent carnivals also form an integral part of Easter
celebration in the USA. Easter celebrations cannot be
complete without extensive feasting
Americans like to decorate rooms and tables with special Easter dolls
- Little girls with baskets full of eggs. They also cook dolls.
Easter traditions in Germany
 Easter in Germany is the time for colored eggs, chocolate bunnies, bonifiers
and spring cleaning. Every room is decorated with clay bunnies, crocuses,
yellow daffodils, brunches hung with painted eggs. The Germans` tradition is
to blow eggs and paint them in multiple colours. The eggs are then put in a
basket for the Easter bunny. The Easter bunny often leaves chocolate eggs
and Easter presents for children.
 Another typical German tradition is to make Easter bonifires to welcome the
sun and the spring.Christmas trees have been collected and saved for the
occasion.
The tradition in Germany is to decorate the branches of trees and bushes with
eggs for Easter.