Easter
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Senna en Judith
History of Easter
History of Easter
Easter is celebradet in spring It existed already before
Chtistianity. Later it belongs to Christianity, by means
of the Jewish belief. It has become a festival in memory
of Jesus who rises from the dead. New aldats this
important Christian festival is known as Easter. Easter
lasts too days and always starts on Sunday. Good
Friday comes before Easter. Then they commemorate
the crucifixion of Jesus.
What food do people eat
at Easter?
What food do people eat at Easter?
Easter is in spring. Spring is the season for asparagus. For this reason
you see recipes with asparagus on the Internet frequently; asparagus
soup, asparagus salad, etc. Also frequently something with eggs, so that
you have that feeling of Easter. In the menu you start, of course, with a
first course. Much choice. It can’t be too large, but it must satisfy your
hunger a little bit and give a nice taste in your mouth. Afterwards the main
dish comes. That is frequently with a salad because that is nicely fresh in
spring. With a bit of tender flesh, such as lamb. Of course there also
vegetarian courses, such as ice rice with orange. Or salad with tofu. And
then of course the dessert. This can be ice cream, or tiramisu. On the
Internet you can also find many original desserts. Such as mint-chip ice.
There is special Easter Bread, it’s filled with sugar and mixed almonds.
Easter eggs
Easter Eggs
In the Netherlands the hare has got a basket on his back, filled with eggs.
Some children believe that the hare is hiding the eggs in the garden. An
enthusiastic quest at Easter morning is part of this tradition. These days
we use chocolate eggs. Painting eggs and figurines is an important part of
Easter.
On Easter Sunday or Easter Monday Easter fires are lit in a large part of
Europe. For this- frequently weeks or even months previously- much
wood is collected and is laid in a large pile which is sometimes dozens of
meters high. As the darkness falls the whole pile is set on fire. The fires
frequently attract many witnesses and generally it is a real rural event. It
concerns here an old tradition of which it is assumed that it has a
Christian origin. In some parts of Europe they do not burn fires on Easter
Monday, but on Easter Sunday or on the Saturday before
Decorations
Decorations
Eggs play an important role around Easter each year. Why?
Some people ascribe that habit to the Old Persians. According to the
leaders of Zoroaster, a wise man who supposedly lived in the seventh
century by our chronology, there existed a large spirit from which all light
originated and from that light two rothers arose: Ormoezd and Ahriman.
The last one could not stand his brother and for this reason he had been
by large spirit to live for three thousand years in deepest darkness. Once
those years Ahriman created a large number of angry spirits who got the
task to fight against the good spirits the good spirits of Ormoezd. And
when Ormoezed made an egg, which he filled with good spirits, Ahriman
made one which he crammed with angry spirits. Both eggs vomited and
both angry and good spirits could spread themselues the ground. As a
reminder of this fact, the Old Persians still celeb ate their eggs’festival
around March. Then they give each other in the form of eggs, stuffed with
all kinds of surprises for their friends or to tease their enemies.
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