Easter

Easter traditions vary by country, community, culture, and religion. Americans celebrate Easter by giving Easter baskets filled with candy from the Easter Bunny and hunting for Easter eggs. Catholics, Protestants, and Mormons celebrate Easter by attending church on Easter Sunday to talk and sing about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Here are… Keep Reading

Willow rods, rattles other strange traditions mark the ‘great night’ of Velikonoce For many women in the Czech Republic, the Easter season, known as Velikonoce, is not their favorite time. Easter Monday is the national holiday, and traditionally it is a time when women get whipped with a braided rod of willow called a pomlázka.… Keep Reading