Easter in the UK Symbols and Traditions

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Easter in the UK: Symbols and Traditions Виконав студент групи Борніцький Віталій 11

. Easter-Christian festival in honor of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. At this time in the UK there are tulips, crocuses and daffodils. Schools close for 2 weeks

Easter is preceded by Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week in many churches. Morning Good Friday (the last Friday before Easter), which in England is called "good» begins with breakfast, during which freshly baked scones Crusades (hot cross buns) - spicy, lush, top before baking incised cross with raisins sometimes with candied fruit inside. There is a belief that rolls protect the house from evil spirits and have medicinal properties. Therefore, before people used to hang these muffins on kitchen ceilings.

That rabbit hiding in a secluded place Easter eggs to small children then looking for them. So there was one of the favorite children's Easter fun. Even held a special event - find eggs ("Eggstravaganza» - «Eggstravaganza» ), a child who gets the most, wins a prize. These festivals are held in parks and restaurants, you can arrange a hunt for eggs and home to the delight of the kids

Easter song Easter Egg Hunt It’s an egg hunt, An Easter egg hunt. Look in the trees. Look in the grass. Look in the pond. Look in the flowers. It’s an egg hunt, An Easter egg hunt. Look in the bath. Look in the bed. Look in the fridge. Look in me! Oh no! It’s an egg hunt, An Easter egg hunt.

English Easter, as well as ours, is not without eggs. Easter eggs give each other on Palm Sunday. Today, however, in the UK, decided to give friends and relatives are not real eggs, chocolate, caramel or within which any other sweets, and various souvenirs in the form of Easter eggs.

For Easter dinner traditions recommend: Usually treated meat honey garlic meatballs, baked smoked ham, spring salad, sausage or bacon, toffee apples, potatoes in rosemarygarlic butter. In England, on Easter the whole family, cook Sunday lunch: baked lamb with a variety of vegetables (which, in theory, should be a rabbit), baked Easter cake (simnel cake), paint eggs.

Easter decided to play the wedding. In Lancashire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and perhaps in other counties, in the old days there was a funny habit to carry each other on their hands. On Easter Monday the men wore women and women on Easter Tuesday - men. Two strong men or women crossed hands together in such a way that it turned out kind of "rest" for the third. In this manner managed to "drive" a few yards down the street!

England during the Easter period mark special dances - the so-called Morris Dancing. Dancers dressed as Robin Hood , performing at numerous venues in parks , churches, and even in the streets of British cities. And in the small town of Olney occur famous races with pancakes. This is the last day of Maslenitsa , Tuesday. And this day is called Shrove Tuesday - from the verb Shrive ( forgive sins , confess ). Participate in the run mostly by women. They run , tossing pancakes on a griddle. The winner should not just come to the finish line first. Still need to throw up

In some places there is a tradition to play football at Easter, where the ball is used instead of a small wooden barrel filled with ale. El drunk when the game ends.

One of the typical Easter traditions preserved in Radley, near Oxford. Parishioners hold hands and "hug" his temple - form a circle around him alive.

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