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Easter in Germany!   

Hi Chit Chatters!

Finally spring has arrived in Hokkaido!! It is getting warmer outside and the sun is showing its face more often. This weather now reminds me of the weather in Germany when Easter comes around. Do you know about Easter? Easter is the day when Jesus rose from the dead, the third day after his crucifixion. This year Easter will be on the 24th of April.

One or two weeks before Easter, Germans decorate their apartments with flowers and branches and on the branches they hang up self-coloured eggs. When Easter arrives, parents will hide coloured eggs and chocolate bunnies and will tell their children to look out for them carefully. The children think that the Easter bunny has hidden them. That’s called the custom of the Easter bunny and Easter egg hunt.

But what does the Easter bunny have to do with the resurrection?

The origins are unclear, but it is said that the rabbit and the egg were seen as symbols of fertility and they were somehow connected to the resurrection in the Middle Ages.

The origins of the Easter bunny though lies in Alsace and the Upper Rhineland in Germany. In the 19th century the custom of the Easter bunny and Easter egg hunt became popular for commercial reasons.

Hien (Germany)

by chitchatcafe | 2011-03-29 18:51 | 英会話 教師 札幌

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