Categories: Ramblings

Easter is upon us once again, and the Lenten season is near its end. I still haven’t given up anything for the season. I thought of giving up blogging, but I wanted something more carnal. I can’t give up desires of the flesh because I don’t have a girlfriend. I thought of giving up procrastination, but I kept on putting it off. I thought of giving up chicken, but as all black people know, chicken for us is like Lembas bread for Elves. So here I am. The celebration is of course about the death and resurrection of Christ, but like Christmas, religion has been taken out and the Easter Bunny gets all the props. There has been talk about U.S liberal media and business launching a War on Easter. But it hasn’t gotten anywhere near the attention of the War on Christmas, mainly because you don’t get presents on Easter, aside from the disgusting smell that greets you once the Easter eggs go bad.

In Jamaica, the Easter bunny tradition doesn’t exist, so I was spared the impact of an earth-shattering lie. We eat bun and cheese and attend church services. That’s about it.
I was interested in how Easter is celebrated worldwide, so I did some research. I was surprised by what I found.

In Bulgaria they have egg fights. The winner is the one that emerges with an unbroken egg, and is declared the most successful for the year to come.
In Mexico they smash eggs over each other’s heads.
In Germany eggs are dyed green on Maundy Tuesday.
In England there is Hare Pie Scramble and Bottle Kicking.
In Greece, there is a public procession and a person with red eggs (so coloured for the blood of Christ) taps them together while one declares “Christ is risen” then the other says “Truly he is risen”.
In the United States they have Easter Parades, a Whitehouse Easter Egg Roll and of course the traditional Easter Egg Hunt.

How is Easter celebrated in your part of the world?