How do they celebrate Easter in different countries?

AT Bulgaria, for example, celebrate Easter almost in the same way,as well as at us. Bulgarians bake a big Easter loaf and paint chicken eggs. Easter eggs are usually laid out around the loaf, and then arrange "fights": two combatants pick their eggs and hit them against each other until one of the eggs shows a crack. In this case, opponents wish good luck to each other. The Easter table in Bulgaria can not do without fried lamb. If it is not possible to serve the whole lamb roasted to the table, the Bulgarians are content with "cheverme" (thigh) or "shish" (shashlik from the lamb).

AT Poland celebrate Easter is noisy and fun. Massive folk festivities are held with songs danced round the campfires. On this day it is customary to wash in a stream so that next year there will be strength and health. On the festive table, it is customary to serve women and mazuriki (special types of pies), meat dishes (in particular, the famous white pork sausage with spices) and horseradish with beets (tsviklu). Baking is made on Thursday. The popular belief says that if some mistress decides to bake on Good Friday, the whole village will suffer a crop failure and a drought. To avoid this, it is necessary to soak the trough in the lake in which she kneaded the dough.

AT Germany Friday, Saturday and Sunday - officialweekend. In the evening on Saturday, a big bonfire is lit, which symbolizes the end of winter, except that it is believed that everything bad is burning out on this fire. In Germany, they celebrate Easter primarily as a family holiday, so on Saturday morning the whole family gathers for a festive breakfast. Before breakfast, the head of the family hides from the children's baskets with chocolate eggs, sweets and gifts, and they are looking for them. Children are told that the Easter bunny brought them to them. After dinner, it is customary to visit friends and relatives. Guests are treated to tea and chocolate biscuits.

AT America It is customary to go to church for Easter service inthe glory of Jesus Christ, risen from the dead. The usual morning Easter service in the American church is accompanied by collective singing. After that, the family gathers for the Easter dinner. Children receive gifts, which they, like German children, give the Easter bunny. Usually such gift looks like a basket, into which colored eggs and sweets are made. Traditional Easter pastime in America is the riding of eggs on an inclined lawn. Most participants gather eggs on a lawn near the White House. On the main streets of the city are lavish street processions.

AT Great Britain Easter is one of the most important holidays, sothere celebrate Easter on a special scale. At dawn on Sunday, church services are held. For the Easter breakfast, as in Germany, the whole family is going to. Traditionally British Easter breakfast includes cross buns. The festive table is usually decorated with chocolate eggs and egg nests made of dough bunnies. Children on this day are given toys and sweets, and relatives and friends - chocolate eggs with hidden sweetness inside. Children play a traditional game with Easter eggs: they are written names, folded into a sieve and shaken. The winner is the one whose egg lasted longer.

AT Italy many celebrate Easter in the main square of Rome,to personally hear the congratulations of the Pope. To the festive table served a salad of tomatoes, olives and sweet peppers, lamb with fried artichokes and a salty pie with cheese and eggs. In addition, Italians bake a colomb. This traditional Italian Easter bakery is somewhat like our cakes, but it adds a lemon to the flavor and is decorated with almond glaze and almond kernels. The next day after Easter, the Italians go out on picnics with friends and neighbors.