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EASTER IN PORTUGAL This is when the houses are painted and cleaned very well and it will pass the Compass (to pascal visit ), who is a priest's going to each house to bless (and blessing) that home and those living there . All this on the Resurrection of Christ and the celebration of life.
and Easter cakes that are offered to children.
These sweets are also in each house to get the Compass. It is a sign of hospitality to the priest and his companions who also have available a liquor cup or a wine glass of port.
In addition to all the celebrations and meanings of Easter in Portugal it is also a special feast of godfathers and godmothers.
PĂ SCOA EM PORTUGAL
Traditionally, in addition to almonds (because they seem little eggs) and egg (symbol of life), there is bread sponge cake and
Before Easter, Lent, the time is fast - it avoids eating meat and the menu on Fridays should be fish out of respect, because it was on Friday that Jesus was crucified and died.
But how on Easter Sunday is celebrated the feast of the Resurrection, back to eating meat: lamb, as was done in ancient times. And the candy, of course, include all the traditional Easter cakes .
EASTER SYMBOLS THE EGG It contains the fruit of life, which is the birth and renewal. Somewaysimple, we can say that is the symbol of life.
THE RABBIT Because they are animals capable of generating large litters, its image symbolizes renewal and new life. The Easter Bunny tradition is not Portuguese; It was brought to America by German immigrants in the mid-1700s. For them, the bunny visited the children, hiding colored eggs that they would have to find on Easter Sunday morning. The tradition did not come to Portugal, but the image of the rabbit, did.
THE CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS The lamb, symbolizing Christ, the Lamb of God, who sacrificed himself in favor to all the flock, who are men. The cross symbolizes the death and Resurrection of Christ. It is a symbol of life and passing again. The candle symbolizes the light and has recorded the Alfa symbols (the beginning - in the Greek alphabet) and Omega (the end). It means "God is the beginning and the end of it."
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