{"id":8228,"date":"2018-03-28T15:38:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T13:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/campus-life\/?p=8228"},"modified":"2018-10-03T11:18:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T09:18:23","slug":"6-ways-easter-celebrated-around-world-told-ceu-students-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/campus-life\/en\/6-ways-easter-celebrated-around-world-told-ceu-students-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"6 ways Easter is celebrated around the world told by CEU students from our campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do you celebrate Easter in your country? That’s the question we asked to some of our students from Italy, France, Ireland,\u00a0Germany, Ukraine and Spain.<\/p>\n

Italy:<\/strong> “The number of Easter eggs is what characterizes us”<\/h2>\n

Martina, what do you do in Italy for Easter?<\/h3>\n
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Martina, Italian CEU student<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In my beloved country, we usually eat a lot during the Easter holidays, e<\/span>specially chocolate. I think what characterizes us is the quantities of Easter eggs we have, as you can see in the picture below.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Normally they are given to children and they can find surprises inside, which are usually toys. But, truth be told, adults also appreciate it a lot.<\/p>\n

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Colomba pasquale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Easter Day, we usually eat what is called “Colomba Pasquale”. It’s Delicious. SOME FAMILIES eat it WITH SAUSAGE AND COOKED Eggs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It helps us to start the day well, full of energy, because in the afternoon children start the easter egg hunt. Children go to private gardens or city parks looking for small chocolate eggs or bunnies.<\/p>\n

France:<\/strong> Silence! Easter eggs are coming from Rome.<\/h2>\n
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L\u00e9a-Louise, French CEU student<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

L\u00e9a Louise, tell us what happens with the bells in your country<\/h3>\n

They stop ringing because they are in Rome. A legend says that they go on Thursday night and return in the night from Saturday to Sunday, scattering Easter eggs in the gardens on their way back. Therefore, on Easter Sunday the children wake up and go to the garden to look for the chocolates.<\/p>\n

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I did a little research on why? and that’s what I found:<\/p>\n

The tradition of the Easter bells began around the 7th century in Europe.<\/p>\n

At that time, the Church prohibited the bells from ringing as a sign of mourning between Holy Thursday and Easter Sunday to commemorate the time between the death of Christ and the resurrection. In order to to replace the sound of the bells to call worshippers to the church, kids us to use wooden ratchet in the streets.<\/p>\n

The legend, in some Catholic countries and particularly in France, states that on the afternoon of Holy Thursday, they go to Rome where the Pope blessed them. On Easter morning, the bells return in a carillon to announce the joy of the resurrection of Christ. In Rome, they are loaded with Easter eggs, which they scatter on their return to the gardens. The children will pick them up. For the trip, the bells are provided with a pair of wings, ribbons or are transported in a tank.<\/p>\n

In France Easter is a family day. We eat a lot of food and it’s the perfect occasion to gather the family. Traditionally the menu consists in a first dish\u00a0with seasonal vegetables and eggs, although\u00a0the most characteristic is the main course, the traditional leg of lamb.<\/p>\n

During this special day, the favorite moment of the children is without a doubt the treasure hunt in the garden where several chocolates are hidden (officially by the bells, unofficially by the parents).<\/p>\n

Ireland: <\/strong>Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate<\/h2>\n

S\u00e9an, what about Ireland?<\/h3>\n

Irish Resurrection Sunday is celebrated in a very sweet way too. We also buy lots of chocolate eggs and hide them in the garden for the children. The houses are decorated with Easter Bunnies and trees with painted eggs. Certainly Easter has its similarities with Christmas and as we see it, even in traditions we can find parallels like these magnificent decorated trees. My sister sent me these pictures of her house in Ireland, she loves to decorate for Easter.<\/p>\n

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Germany:\u00a0<\/strong>Verstecken-Suchen-Finden<\/i><\/h2>\n

Stefan, easter eggs hunt is a big thing in Germany too, isn’t it?<\/h3>\n

Exactly, in Germany this tradition is called Verstecken-Suchen-Finden with could translate to hide, search and find easter eggs, although, more than eggs we often hide the traditional chocolate Osterhase (rabbit-shaped chocolate). The most typical is the well-known Lindt’s golden rabbit.<\/p>\n

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There is also another tradition more ancient and familiar, which is to paint eggs. The first thing you do is empty the eggs to remove the stuff from inside (in German this is called ausblasen), which is a quite process if you do not want to break the egg.<\/p>\n

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We empty the eggs to make it lighter in order to be able to hung them in the tree as a decoration. Another reason why we empty the eggs is that otherwise they would rot. Once emptied, they are painted with different colors and hung on a small tree, which ends up looking very similar to Christmas, but with multicolored eggs. Like this tree from the Kraft family that is decorated with more than 1000 Easter eggs.<\/p>\n

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Sweden<\/strong>: Eggs, salmon and witches<\/h2>\n

Elias, we saw some pictures of Easter from\u00a0your country and it looks a lot like Halloween, tell us why?<\/h3>\n
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Elias, Swedish CEU student<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Holy Thursday kids dress up as Easter witches, same as Halloween, and go from house to house in the neighborhood to exchange Easter postcards and receive candy in return.<\/p>\n

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Do you have a special Easter dish?<\/h3>\n

In Sweden, we also celebrate Easter with food. The most common thing on the table is eggs and salmon with different kind of toppings, such as caviar and salad.<\/p>\n

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Ukraine:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Anastasia, what is\u00a0Pysanka<\/em>?<\/h3>\n
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Anastasia, CEU student from Ukraine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pysanka is our Ukrainian Easter egg, painted with very nice designs as you can see in the photo below.<\/p>\n

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A pysanka is a Ukrainian Easter egg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
In Ukraine Easter starts one week later than in Spain because in Ukraine we have orthodox church.\u00a0It starts with Velykden and that day special Easter service is held in churches and the families have a dinner with special easter meals which include Paskha which is a cake and Pysanka which is an egg richly ornamented using various techniques.<\/div>\n
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There is also a game called \u201cKnocking\u201d, it involves 2 players who have one egg each and try to knock each other’s eggs. The first one to have their egg broken loses the game.<\/div>\n
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I found this video that explains the game of eggs knocking.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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