Happy Easter from Lake Norman Woman Magazine! Here are some interesting Easter traditions from around the globe that might have you grateful for the simplicity of an Easter Egg Hunt!
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Butter lambs.
In Russia, the Easter meal is accompanied by a pat of butter that is made into the shape of a lamb. It dates back to ancient times when it was considered lucky to come across a lamb.
The Easter Bilby.
Bilbies are small rabbit-size marsupials that are endangered in Australia--confectioners there have taken to making chocolate likenesses of the animal with monies going toward preserving the species.
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Leave it to the French.
Every Easter Monday, the residents of Haux in France crack more than 4,500 eggs into a gigantic pan to create an enormous omelet that serves over 1,000 people.
A Hungary splash!
In Hungary, women dress up in traditional clothes on Easter Sunday and get splashed with water. This ritual is associated with fertility and cleansing rites left over from pagan times.
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In Papua New Guinea, Easter trees at the front of churches are decorated with sticks of tobacco and packs of cigarettes.
Easter traditions around the globe include multi-colored, decorated eggs, but in Greece you will find only red eggs. Red is the color of life as well as a representation of the blood of Christ.
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Tobacco at Easter?
Easter Red in Greece.
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Information gathered from www.wanderlust.co.uk.
