This important Christian festival starts on Good Friday and ends on Easter Monday. Popular Easter traditions include decorating Easter eggs, sending Easter cards to friends and relatives and giving chocolate eggs to children.
On Easter Sunday, people celebrate the Resurrection of Christ. Families traditionally get together for a festive meal.
Children believe that the Easter Bunny hides the chocolate eggs for them to find. The event is called the Easter egg hunt.
On Easter Monday people take hard-boiled eggs and roll them down a hill competing to reach the bottom first. Egg rolling is a symbol of the stone being rolled away from the tomb where Christ was laid.
Another fun Easter tradition is egg tapping. It's a popular game in which two people knock eggs against each other. If your egg doesn't break, you win.
Catholics traditionally celebrate Easter by attending special church services throughout the Holy Week.
In Poland, Easter Monday is known as Dyngus. It is the day when boys douse unmarried girls with water. According to tradition, the more a girl is splashed with water, the higher are her chances to get married.
This important Christian festival starts on Good Friday and ends on Easter Monday. Popular Easter traditions include decorating Easter eggs, sending Easter cards to friends and relatives and giving chocolate eggs to children.
On Easter Sunday, people celebrate the Resurrection of Christ. Families traditionally get together for a festive meal.
Children believe that the Easter Bunny hides the chocolate eggs for them to find. The event is called the Easter egg hunt.
On Easter Monday people take hard-boiled eggs and roll them down a hill competing to reach the bottom first. Egg rolling is a symbol of the stone being rolled away from the tomb where Christ was laid.
Another fun Easter tradition is egg tapping. It's a popular game in which two people knock eggs against each other. If your egg doesn't break, you win.
Catholics traditionally celebrate Easter by attending special church services throughout the Holy Week.
In Poland, Easter Monday is known as Dyngus. It is the day when boys douse unmarried girls with water. According to tradition, the more a girl is splashed with water, the higher are her chances to get married.