Easter traditions by Gudmundson Elsa

Giulia gambioli italy

2021-03-03 20:37:27 UTC

Hi everyone, I'm Giulia and I'm from Italy. Here we celebrate Easter as a family. We dedicate 2 days to Easter: Easter and Easter Monday. Easter begins with a breakfast that is not a normal breakfast; you can eat hams, salami, eggs, sweets and even a typical dessert called "casatiello". After breakfast we exchange Easter eggs which are then broken to find the surprise. Then we prepare lunch and we stay together until the afternoon. On Easter Monday, instead, usually you are also with friends, you have a picnic, a barbecue and you play with the ball or cards or simply know it is together. I'm curious to know your traditions. A hug, see you soon

Petar Turk Croatia

2021-03-05 18:45:32 UTC

Hello everyone, my name is Petar.
And I in Croatia celebrate Easter with my family. In that 1 day we in morning have Easter breakfast but we can only eat eggs, ham, salami, bread. After breakfast we go to church

Hana Novak Croatia

2021-03-10 16:26:30 UTC

Hi everyone!! I am Hana and I’m from Croatia. In Croatia we celebrate Easter with our family. For the breakfast we can only eat bread, eggs, ham and salami. And when we finish our breakfast we all go to the church together!! Thats usually what we do but, for the dinner we decorate eggs with different colors or we put bunny stickers on it! 💗🐰

Karlo Mesarić Croatia

2021-03-10 21:10:04 UTC

Hi, I'am Karlo and I live in Croatia. In Croatia we celebrate Easter with our family. For breakfast we usually eat eggs and ham. After breakfast we go to church. That what we usually do on Easter. Bye everyone, stay safe.

2021-03-11 08:39:01 UTC

Hello I am Arsen, I live in croatia here normaly for easter mornig we all get together. We all eat boiled eggs, and ham thats all we realy do here

2021-03-11 09:41:51 UTC

Hi, I'm Antonija and I'm from Croatia. In Croatia we celebrate Easter with our family. For breakfast we usually eat eggs, bread and salami. That day we go to church. And that what we usually do on Easter.

Petar Turk Croatia

2021-03-13 08:07:09 UTC

Hello! I am Petar and i live in Croatia. And in croatia Easter is the greatest Christian holiday and we mostly celebrate it with family. The day we begin with breakfast. For breakfast we usualy eat salami, ham, bread, eggs... After the breakfast we go to church for Mass. After the Mass we prepare everything for lunch. When lunch is over the rest of the day we spend with my cousins and family playing alot of family games etc.

2021-03-16 20:12:40 UTC

Hi I am Giorgia and I am from Italy. On Easter day we use to give each other chocolate eggs and eat a lot. A typical Italian easter's dessert is Pastiera, my grandma always makes it and I use to eat it for breakfast, I love it!!! There is another typical dessert that my grandma cooks for Easter: they are big biscuits shaped like dolls and on their belly there is a boiled egg. I have lunch with my parents and my grandparents and after we play games together. On Easter Monday I always go for a Pic nic with my cousins, aunts and uncles, we have a lot of fun

Silvia Fiore

silviettaf05 — 2021-03-17 22:48:09 UTC

Hi, I'm Silvia and I'm from Rome, today I'll like to talk to you about some of the most known Italian Easter traditions. There are a lot of them, but I think one of the most important ones is the habit of giving, children and adults alike, cholate eggs. There are a lots of tips of chocolate eggs, but my favourite are handmade chocolate eggs, I've actually never eaten one, but they are gorgeous and are usually made with a higher quality chocolate, so I think they are pretty delicious too. Here is an example 😊

SPANISH SCHOOL ( Ivan is spokeperson)

2021-03-18 11:50:16 UTC

EASTER IN SPAIN

SPAIN TRADITION

In our region, Catalonia, we do not really have lots of traditions for Easter, but we have a really important one for Easter Monday,

The food we usually eat these days is: TORRIJAS. It's similar to the french toast. It's a slice of bread soaked in milk or wine, coated in batter and fried, sweetened with sugar and flavored with cinnamon.

In the rest of Spain, they have some religious traditions, which are:

Palm Sunday :Thesee palms are made with olive branches. It is a procession that takes place in the church and all the people bring the palms.

Processions: We have a tradition that is very common in Andalusia , that it’s called making a procession on Good Friday. One of the biggest and the most known procession is in Sevilla and it’s called “el gran poder”, it’s the most known because it’s the oldest, and it’s the one with the most Nazarenes

Apart from that, in the rest of Spain they also have some non-religious traditions, like The "tamborilada" It's tradition originally from Albacete , that It's like a parade with people are making music with drums The stepfather gives one cake of chocolate

Giulia Cupelli

2021-03-19 13:42:06 UTC

Hi I’m Giulia and I’m from Italy, there are many Easter traditions in Italy.For me the most important is the Chocolate Egg, it is a large egg made of chocolate and inside there are surprises especially for children.It is usually traditional to have a big breakfast with eggs, Easter cakes like the Pastiera which is one of the best Italian Easter cakes.

Matea

2021-03-20 16:14:06 UTC

Hello, my name is Matea and I'm from Poland. At my family home my brother and I wake up early in the morning to look for some chocolate eggs and cards with written clues. When we finish all the tasks we look for a gift. Once we find our presents we eat Easter breakfast with our family. We usually just want to spend some time together doing nothing, forgetting about work and school

Matea

2021-03-20 16:14:38 UTC

2021-03-20 19:21:27 UTC

GREEK ORTHODOX EASTER
OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS.
Elisa Feizoulla.

2021-03-20 20:29:08 UTC

Chrysa Soumma
Hello my name is Chrysa andII am from Greece.In a few days,every corner of Greece will celebrate Easter,the biggest holiday of Orthodoxy,in their own unique way.The red eggs,the buns,the epitaph,the candles with the holy light,the barrels that greet the resurrection are some of the most famous customs of our Easter.Our popular customs include the dinner after the resurrection with the main food the cook,the crackling of red eggs the kiss of love and the skewering of the lamp on Easter Sunday.The Easter manners and customs of the homeland are endless.In sereval areas of Greece,such as Corfu on Holy Saturday after the first resurrection,residents throw huge jugs full of water from their balconies,a spectable that always causes excitement in the crowd.The beautiful island of Apocalypse,as it is called because there John wrote the Apocalypse gathers a lot of people on Easter days, because is faithfully follows all our traditions!One of the most beautiful customs is that of Holy Thursday,where the perfomanse takes place of the Last Supper where monks or clergy are impersonated and on Easter Sunday the 2nd resurrection takes place where the resurrection gospel is read in seven languages and red eggs are shared.The rocket war in Chios is also known (it has its roots in the era of Ottomanrule).In Kythnos,a swing is set up in the square of the island,in which boys and girls are rocked dressed in traditional costumes.The Greeks,wherever they are,far from Greece,will celebrate Easter with faith,devotion,joy and hope.

Maks

2021-03-21 16:37:11 UTC

Hi,my name is Maks and I would like to tell You about Easter Traditions in Poland.First when we wake up we look for chocolate eggs.After that we eat a delicious Easter breakfast.In My family we usually spend time together watching films and having Fun!

Romina Balili

2021-03-21 20:35:31 UTC

Hello I am Romina Balili and I am from Albania but I live in Greece. The Greece traditions are that we paint eggs on Maundy Thursday also bake buns with eggs indide. Good Friday is a day of holidays and fasting, a day of mourning, many people drink vinegar for the love of Christ. Near noon the girls decorate the epitaph with flowers they have sent from their home. The spring flowers they put on the epitaph are : roses, wreaths, violets. They make wreaths and garlands while chanting Panagia's mourning. The Morning-morning all over Greece the women started kneading. Knead the buns of Lambri and decorate them with strips of dough and nuts. Depending on the shape they were given in the past, they also had different names. 'Baskets' , 'baskets' , 'bows' , 'eggs' , 'buns'. Some believe that eggs are painted red in remembrace of the blood of Christ. But red is the colour of joy. Joy for the Resurrection of Christ. In many parts of Greece they hung red blankets and red handkerchiefs or hung red handkerchiefs from their windows. The colours for the eggs were made from various plants. The first egg they painted was that of the Virgin Mary and they put it in the iconastasis. With this the children were cruicified from evil eye. The fast lasted for forty days before Easter. Christ fasted so much in the desert. For the first three days some women did not put anything in their mouths. 'Lady Lent' was their diary. She was portrayed as a nun. They took a piece of paper and draw a woman, they did not put anything in her mouth because she was constantly fasting and her arms were crossed because she was praying all the time. She had 7 legs during the 7 weeks of Lent. Every Saturday they cut off one leg. The last one was cut on Holy Saturday. On 'Lazarus Sabbath' , the Saturday before Holy Week, the people celebrate the 'Rise' of the friend of Christ. In many parts of our country to depick the Resurrection of Lazarus, to symbolize the Victory of Christ over death, but also to denote the resurrection of nature, they made of Lazarus. On the eve of the feast of 'the first Brilliant' , the children, holding the 'Lazarus' , made their vows housewife. In Epirus e.g. they also rang bells. In Central Greece, Macedonia and the Thrace only girls sing. This custom is found all over Greece in viriation. On Palm Sunday, in of the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem, all the temples are decorated with twigs, palm trees or other victorious plants, e.g. laurel, wilow myrtel and olive. After the service they distrbuted to the faithful. Our church established this custom from him 9th century. At dawn on Holy Saturday the churches are decorated with laurel leaves and pries scatters them as soon as he says 'God raises the earth'. After the church, the housewife kneads the bun of Lambri and the man undertakes the slaughter of the lamp. On night of Holy Saturday, shortly before the church bells rings, the faithful put on their brand new clothes, take their white candles to light them with the Holy Light and go to watch the Resurrection service. Turning from the Resurrection, they cross the upper part of the front door with the Holy Light. At noon on Easter Sunday, the Second Resurrection 'Love' takes place. Christ was cruicified for love, which is why the Gospel is read in twelve languages, symbolize the unify of nations. After the Love, in the courtyard of the temple, a dance is set up, with the pope first and then the faithful in order of age
RED EGGS: They symbolize with their red colour the blood of Christ
LAMB: Symbolizes the faithful from the parable of Christ with the shepherd
THE CROSS: Symbolizes the light the Cross on which Christ testfied
THE CANNDLE:Symbolizes the light that Christ brought by defeating death and consequently darkness by his Resurrection
FIREWORKS:With the noises and light they make it is said to drive away evil spirits.

Konstantinos Libikis

2021-03-22 18:01:52 UTC

Hi my name is Konstantinos and I am from Greece.
One of my country's most popular Easter tradition is the red eggs.
In addition to the tradition of dyeing there is also the the scrambling eggs. According to this tradition,everyone of has an egg and scrambled them together if a couple and the strongest egg.
Also the Easter Sunday we all gather together and skewer the lamb.

Giulia Dispenza, Italy

2021-03-24 13:53:45 UTC

Hi,I'm Giulia and I'm from Italy in Rome, here we are lots of traditiones, the most important and famous is give each other ciocolates eggs on Easter day.
Every Easter I go to Sicily,a region of Italy, to my relatives to celebrate hollidays tougether, but this year,like the last one, I can't go, and for this reason I will stay at home with my family and my Easter eggs.

a203202 — 2021-03-24 15:05:12 UTC

Sara Valerio Italy

2021-03-24 20:27:27 UTC

Hi everyone! My name is Sara and I'm here to tell you some of my Easter traditions. On Easter Day I usually spend a lot of time whit my relatives. When I wake up I have a special breakfast whit my parents: we usually eat sweet food at breakfast but at Easter we eat salt food. In the morning we meet all our relatives so we can talk to each other about the "news". We have a large and delicious lunch togheter (it's my favorite part!) Our lunch is usually long and after that we stay togheter for some hours. So in the evening everyone comes back home and we are tired but happy. For dinner my parents and I eat just fruit because we are still full from lunch time. I don't know how I'm going to spend it this year because of COVID but I know my parents will make me spend a beautiful day.
Hope you all will spend a good Easter!

Anja

2021-03-25 11:29:57 UTC

Hi guys, in Croatia we go in church. We eat onion, eggs (which we color), salami, ham. We are the whole day with our families. We pray and that's basically everything

Hi my name is Oliwia my Easter traditions are that in the morning we go to church with Easter basket.Then we eat delicious breakfast and we are playing egg hunting.After we unpack our presents and spend time with family.One day before Easter we paint our eggs and clean our house. I really love all kinds of Christmas,because I can make food and meet with my family.HAPPY EASTER🐇🎁🥚

2021-03-25 17:30:26 UTC

Sara Basilicata,Italy

2021-03-26 11:28:53 UTC

Hi friends,I’m going to talk about some italian traditions when Easter comes. In Italian Easter, the lunch with the family lasts for hours. The typical dishes that are eaten are hard-boiled eggs, Easter doves with sugar and almonds and lamb, a symbol of rebirth. Morevoer, according to tradition, children eat chocolate eggs they receive from their relatives and there is a surprise inside.

Michał Szumilewicz, Poland

2021-03-26 23:42:35 UTC

Hello, I’m Michał and I’m from Poland.

Our most popular easter traditions is coloring eggs in various patterns. Eggs colored like this we’re calling “pisanka”.

Another tradition is organizing a search for chocolate eggs that are hidden around the house.

In easter Monday we are always pouring water on our friends for fun. We are doing it from glasses and water guns.

Mikołaj

2021-03-28 12:55:48 UTC

Hello, I would like to share with you some Easter traditions from Poland. Before Easter we usually do some decorations from eggs. We colour and draw some patterns on them. On Saturday we prepare a basket filled with some food and take it to the church. On Sunday we have a traditional breakfast. We also get some small gifts. On Easter Monday we play with water guns.

Emma Beye , Italy ^^

2021-03-28 17:01:12 UTC

Hey guys! I would like to talk about some Easter traditions from Italy. In the morning we usually go to the church to celebrate risen Jesus. Then at lunchtime, together with the family, we eat some traditional meals like lamb,hard-boiled eggs, homemade pasta and cheesecakes. For dessert we have the Easter "colomba" and warm tea. Eventually we give Easter egg to the children ^^. I hope this was interesting. Good Easter! 🐣

Matylda Tylicka, Poland

2021-03-28 17:28:13 UTC

Hi! My name is Matylda and I'm from Poland.

Our most popular traditions are eggs painting , andwe decorate them with stickers and draw patterns. On Saturday we go to Church with a bucket filled with food, and optional decorations, and also looking for chocolate egs and small presents in the morning.

Then we eat traditional breakfast with eggs and some delicious cakes. Mot popular is "Mazurek" which is my favorite.

On Monday morning with pour water at each other. In my house there are always at least four big waterguns poured.

I really like our Easter traditions , and I wish everyone HAPPY EASTER🐰💛

Desirée Gabbiati, Italy

2021-03-28 17:35:37 UTC

hi dear :), I'm Desirèe from Italy in Rome and I'll explain a little bit what I usually do for Easter. Normally at Easter first we make a savory breakfast, based on eggs (which usually those the night before), salami, colomba, various traditional cakes, (such as pastiera and cheese cake). After maybe for lunch, you go to relatives, I usually go to my aunt's house, but unfortunately this year because of covid-19, I will not be able to go there. I'm a little sad about it but I'll have the same. Happy Easter to everyone!! bye<3

Carolina Cocchi, Italy

2021-03-28 17:59:16 UTC

Hi everyone, I'm Carolina and I'm from Rome. Easter is spent with the family and one of the best known Roman traditions is the Easter breakfast which includes savory dishes such as Casatiello and sweets such as Pastiera. In Rome it is not Easter if offal, lamb and artichokes are not eaten.

Giulia Fantini, Italy

2021-03-28 18:18:51 UTC

Hi guys, now I'm going to talk about of some Easter traditions that we have here in Italy... First of all, the day before Easter we prepare some cakes made with cheese that here are called "torchi" and we also prepare salami with hard-boiled eggs that will be eaten on the Easter day... On the Easter day instead we eat chocolate eggs which are milk, white or dark chocolate...

Euaggelia Agrafioti - Greece

2021-03-28 18:46:49 UTC

Hello my name is Euaggelia and I am from Greece.
In Greece we have many customs for Easter! I like the tradition that on Holy Thursday we paint red eggs in order to eat them in the night of Resurrection. Also in Holy Thursday we make buns and cookies braid shape. Last but not least is a custom that we have in Greece, is in the night of Resurrection then of Resurrection we eat a soup called Madiritsa is a soup which also contains liver.
So, I hope all have a fan Easter because is difficult the days that we pass. I wish you all a beautiful Easter!!!

Leonardo Ferrandino, Italy

2021-03-29 07:47:52 UTC

Hi guys, now I'm going to talk about of some Italian Easter traditions. On the Easter day, we usually meet with our relatives and the lunch always lasts for hours, sometimes we also dinner with their. One of the most common tradition in Italy is the one where everyone eats a egg of chocolate, that has a suprise inside :)

2021-03-30 16:40:29 UTC

Margarida Sá - Portugal

2021-04-02 16:19:32 UTC

Hi I’m Margarida and I’m from Portugal, and today I come to talk to you about some Portuguese traditions of Easter.

As for the typical food, I can start with the meats that in Portugal are the kid and the lamb. Then we have the famous folar that in the north is salty where you can also call bolas to the south is sweet and can have several forms.

Regarding the processions I will start in Braga in the north of the country, the so-called Donkey Procession in portuguese Procissão da Burrinha where the image of Nossa Senhora is transported by a donkey through the streets.

I’m going now to the center of Portugal more specifically Maçãs de Dona Maria in Alvaiazere. Where the Paschal visit takes place where people make paths with flowers from the road to their homes where the Priest will bless them.

Ending now in the South I will speak of the Procession of the Flowers that takes place in the Algarve where on Easter Sunday is marked by the Procession of Hallelujah, in honor of the resurrection of Christ. The men (and boys) make two parallel rows on the sides of the carpet decorated in the center of the street, and carry colorful flower torches in their hands.

And that’s it good Easter for everyone bye.

Jéssica Simplício - Portugal

a178761 — 2021-04-03 16:05:03 UTC

I'm going to talk about some traditions we have in Portugal. On Easter Day there are some processions to celebrate this day. On this day we also have lunch with our family members and give sweets (chocolate or sugar almonds) and for children we give chocolate eggs. Usually we also eat the typical "folar" which is a kind of bread with an egg inside. One of the traditions most loved by children is egg painting and egg hunting, they really love this tradition. These are some traditions here from Portugal, probably other countries have some of these traditions.
Good Easter :)
Bye

Margarida Sá

2021-04-05 15:04:18 UTC

Hello! These are some of our Easter traditions in Portugal. Please follow the link.
https://youtu.be/_gXChRlzg9E

Natalia-Poland

2021-04-08 07:38:06 UTC

Hi ,my name is Natalia and I would like to tell you about Easter Traditions in Poland. First when we wake up we are looking in our garden for chocolate eggs. Then I and my sister are making Mazurek and my grandparents are cooking a Babka. In side they put 10 egggs and when you would find one whole egg you would have luck.

Riccardo Lionetti, Italy

2021-04-10 21:44:01 UTC

Hi guys, i'm going to talk about my easter traditions. At the easter day first I usually have the easter breakfast that has eggs, formages cakes, a typical salami called corallina, and also other foods after that I have lunch with my family and then the dinner. We also give us some eggs chocolate that have the surprise inside.

2021-05-07 09:48:50 UTC

  
ELISA FEIZOULLA GREECE 🇬🇷

 Holy Saturday, the Resurrection ceremony.

In this video you will see a ceremony of the Orthodox Church the ceremony of the Resurrection where the priest transmits the Holy Light which symbolizes the Resurrection of Christ to the faithful who hold candles and wait outside the temple of their area.

Eleutheria Xaldea, Greece

2021-05-07 10:02:20 UTC

A small video excerpt from this year's resurrection of our region !!!

Romina Balili

2021-05-12 19:04:38 UTC

On Easter Sunday here in Greece we cook lamb. Here is a video