Simbols : Eggs, candlelight, Easter cross and Easter lamb,kozunak/sweet Easter bread/
Beliefs :
Eggs
are a symbol of new life.They
also symbolize
the victory of good over evil. The winner
in the ëgg fight- cracking eggs against one another - will
be the most successful, healthy, or happy during the following year. …….
Activities:
On Holy Thursday women are busy
baking kozunak - the traditional Easter sweet bread – and dough cookies and dying
eggs. . On Good
Friday people go to Church and pass under a table
covered with a large piece of cloth, “Christ`s cloak”, the one his body was
wrapped in , after taking him off the cross, to stay healthy in the following
year.
Food and drinks
- eggs,kozunak,
lamb or chicken stuffed with rice, lettuce salad .
Customs – decorate eggs. These
Easter eggs have been decorated with Orthodox designs and symbols. Newly-weds visit their “best man and maid of honour”( kumove),etc.
Religion
: It symbolizes the victory of of life over death. The crucifix is a cross with an
image of Jesus' body hanging from it. It symbolizes the sacrifice, which Jesus
did for humanity. An empty cross, without the figure of Christ crucified on it,
reminds Christians of Jesus' victory over death and the new life and hope the
victory brings to humanity. Easter is
preceded by Lent. The last week of Lent is said to be the Holy Week and
begins with the observance of 'Palm Sunday'. People carry flowers to church on Palm Sunday and on the way
out they are given willow twigs to take home and make wreathes with. The holy
week consists of many important events that lead up to Easter….
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