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Easter

Barandales Statue

Maybe the most iconic character in the Easter (Holy Week) processions in Zamora.

Some families even set up a full spread on a picnic table.

Why Georgians Dine in Cemeteries for Orthodox Easter

Honoring the dead sometimes means breaking bread with them.

Helena Bedwell April 13, 2023

These breads have been traditionally decorated for Easter.

The Powerful Symbolism of Ukraine's Easter Bread

All around the world, bakers are making paska in solidarity.

Anne Ewbank April 18, 2022

A row of stone monoliths, or moai, on Ahu Tongariki in Rapa Nui.

Easter Island's Monoliths Made the Crops Grow

By quarrying rock for the statues, the people of Rapa Nui fertilized the soil.

Reina Gattuso January 8, 2020

The Easter egg tree custom, pictured here in Saalfeld, Germany, gained some ground in the United States.

How Easter Egg Trees Almost Became an American Tradition

Like the Christmas tree, they were probably a German import.

Anne Ewbank April 17, 2019

Frejon

This thick bean soup is a Good Friday tradition for Nigeria's Afro-Brazilian community.

Gnomon of Saint-Sulpice

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

Drob de Miel

This haggis-meatloaf mashup is a Romanian Easter classic.

Święconka

This Polish Easter tradition artfully assembles symbolic foods, from bread to lamb-shaped butter.

Struffoli

These Neapolitan Christmas sweets double as decorations.

Marzipan Easter Lamb

This sweet symbolic figurine is a Sicilian holiday tradition.

Two participants in the children's event at the Easter on the Red River Festival.

Louisiana Egg Knocking

In small towns across the state, an Easter tradition becomes a competitive sport.

Entierro de la Sardina

Murcians celebrate the end of Lenten fasting by burning a giant papier-mâché sardine.

Members of the Giant Omelette Brotherhood stir more than 15,000 eggs on March 28, 2016, on the main square of Bessieres, France.

Giant Omelette Festival

A brotherhood is behind this 15,000-egg tradition.

San Biagio Platani, Italy

Arches of Bread Festival

Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.

Kokoretsi

On Easter in Greece, whole lambs roast beside succulent skewers of their offal.

Zhavoronki

These lark-shaped buns herald spring.

Mämmi mixed with vanilla sauce.

Mämmi

Traditional Easter pudding, best served untraditionally.