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Easter

The Powerful Symbolism of Ukraine's Easter Bread

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

Anne Ewbank April 18, 2022

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

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.

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.

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

Traditional Easter pudding, best served untraditionally.

Mignon Chocolate Egg

Finns celebrate Easter with millions of real eggshells filled with almond-hazelnut nougat.

Remembering the Tansy, the Forgotten Easter Pancake of Centuries Past

Green, herbal, and slightly toxic.

Natasha Frost March 30, 2018