Easter customs
Holiday seasonal practices
Easter customs are the traditional practices and rituals associated with the Christian holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
These vary widely by culture and region but commonly include egg decorating, Easter egg hunts, the giving of chocolate eggs or bunnies, and special church services.
Many customs blend Christian religious observance with older springtime fertility symbols—eggs and rabbits representing new life and renewal.
The children looked forward to Easter customs like dyeing eggs and hunting for treats in the yard.
- risen ChristPost-crucifixion savior returned
- chocolate eggsCandy shaped like eggs
- egg dyeingTinting shells for holiday
- Stations of the CrossFourteen episodes before crucifixion
- egg rollingPushing decorated ovals down slopes
lambs · Holy Week · eggs · Good Friday · crosses · baptism · candles · Lent · lilies · spring flowers · Palm Sunday · church service · hot cross buns · doves · sunrise service · bonnets · new clothes · chicks
- folk culturefolk beliefs, folk costume, folk crafts, folk medicine, folk religion
- Balkan heritagerakija, folk costumes, hora, filigree, kilim
- folk traditionsfolk songs, folk dance, folk dances, folk tunes, folklore
- Balkan folklorefolk beliefs, superstitions, magical creatures, vampires, werewolves
- Armenian culturelavash, traditional costumes, carpet weaving, dolma, religious practices
- Lusatiabilingual signs
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Recurring seasonal celebration practices
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Customs for honoring deceased
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