Easter Egg
Easter Traditions Around The World
Most people are pretty familiar with North American Easter traditions, but aren’t always aware of how the season is celebrated in other parts of the world. Even here, the traditions will vary to some degree depending on whether one interprets this festival as a celebration of the return of spring, or instead considers the Christian Easter message to be the primary focus of the season. Still, there is a lot of overlap, especially in the use of the Easter egg symbol. It’s the same way with traditions elsewhere in the world too; basic similarities with interesting variations.
Many countries, especially those with a large Catholic influence in the culture, celebrate Easter traditions that include what is known as a Passion Play. This is where the people of the local church, or sometimes all the people of the village or town, re-enact the arrest, trial, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, in full costume with appropriate props. The town of Oberammergau in Germany is especially well known for this, with the play taking six hours and as many as 1200 villagers participating. The village of Fazenda in Brazil is another famous site of an Easter Passion Play. Both of these productions attract a lot of tourists, drawn for both spiritual and artistic reasons.
Congregations associated with the Greek Orthodox branch of the church use slightly different Easter traditions than those of the west. For example, while they do use Easter eggs, those in this tradition are painted red, to symbolize the blood of Christ. In Eastern Europe, on the other hand, the eggs are lavishly decorated with complex designs. These churches and those of other Eastern European countries also celebrate the season at a slightly different time, since the dates of Easter are calculated differently in the western and eastern churches.
In some countries, people probably don’t want to delve too deeply into the Easter traditions of the society, so the pagan roots of the customs don’t become troublesome. For example, the huge bonfires that have often been lit on Easter Saturday in some parts of Scotland owe more to the pagan spring festivals than to an original Christian influence. Easter facts like these, though, should not be too troublesome to believers. In most traditions, what’s considered really important is the intention of the heart, rather than the surface customs.
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