PRESENTACIÓN BÁSICA

Easter

Nuria Casado Broens

Index

What is Easter?What it means?

Curiosities; differences with other countries.

When do people celebrate it? When is this festivity?

Vocabulary related to "Easter

How do anglosaxon people celebrate it?

Personal opinion

What are two activities people do for Easter?

Webgraphy

What is Easter? What it means?

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Easter is one of the principal holidays, or feasts, of Christianity. It marks the Resurrection of Jesus three days after his death by crucifixion. For many Christian churches, Easter is the joyful end to the Lenten season of fasting and penitence

the most important and oldest festival of the Christian Church, celebrating the resurrection of Christ and held (in the Western Church) between 21 March and 25 April, on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the northern spring equinox. the weekend from Good Friday to Easter Monday.

When do people celebrate it? When is this festivity?

In Western Christianity, Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first spring full moon, which begins on March 21. Eastern Orthodox churches, which use a different calendar, usually celebrate Easter a little earlier or later.

This year is the:

Sunday, April 9

How do anglosaxon people celebrate it?

On Easter Sunday in Anglo-Saxon countries such as the United Kingdom or the United States, it is common to celebrate EasterEggHunt with children (the search for Easter eggs). Families hide chocolate, painted or plastic eggs filled with treats in the garden or around the house

What are two activities people do for Easter?

Search for Easter eggs.

Decorate Easter Eggs.

Curiosities; differences with other countries.

English-speaking countries:

In these English-speaking countries, Easter is celebrated by eating chocolate eggs on Sunday, which were hidden in the house and garden by the iconic Easter Bunny. The idea of ​​an egg-laying rabbit comes from a German tradition that was brought to the United States by immigrants.

Curiosities; differences with other countries.

Curiosities:

Easter eggs are not a current invention: for ancient communities such as the Persians, Egyptians and Romans these eggs had a special meaning and symbolized birth and fertility. During the Middle Ages, Europeans used to collect colored eggs from different birds, and gradually this custom became associated with Easter. Later they began to paint and decorate the eggs with festive and joyful motifs and rabbits were also used as symbols of fertility in some cultures. Father Gerardo Castellano explained to Between women that "Easter eggs are a reference to that life that Jesus brings us."

Easter Vocabulary

Easter- Pascua Easter break- vacaciones de Semana Santa Easter bunny- conejito de Pascua Easter egg -huevo de Pascua Easter egg hunt- búsqueda de huevos de Pascua Easter holiday -vacaciones de Semana Santa Easter mass- misa de Pascua Easter Sunday- Domingo de Pascua,Domingo de Resurrección basket -canasta chocolate egg- huevo de chocolate

Cloured egg- huevo de color decorated egg- huevo decorado Happy Easter- Felices Pascuas Holy Week- Semana Santa Lent- Cuaresma Lenten Season -Cuaresma Palm Sunday- Domingo de Ramos Passion of Christ- Pasión de Cristo Resurrection- Resurrección roll- rosca

Personal opinion

I think Easter is fine. In my opinion, I like the activities they do.

Webgraphy

• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Easter-holiday
• https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/magazine-zone/easter#:~:text=In%20Western%20Christianity%2C%20Easter%20Sunday,a%20little%20earlier%20or%20later.
• https://leveltybooks.com/easter-in-the-anglo-saxon-world/#:~:text=Anglo%2DSaxon%20kings%20gathered%20their,as%20participation%20in%20church%20services.