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HAPPY EASTER TO ALL OF YOU ...
The Easter bunny, the coloured eggs, the bells of Rome, all are ancient traditions celebrating Easter.
But what is the origin of those Easter symbols ???
Easter eggs
Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given out to celebrate the Easter festival. The custom of the Easter egg originated in an early Christian community. They stained eggs red in memory of the blood of Christ. The oldest tradition is to use dyed chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute eggs made from chocolate, or plastic eggs filled with candy such as jelly beans. Easter eggs are a widely popular symbol of new life in many folk traditions.
Easter bunny
Because many Protestants countries also wanted to remember the joy of Easter eggs, they came up with the Easter Bunny, Most likely, the choice of this animal has its origins in paganism, since ancient times the hare is also a symbol for fertility and for the beginning of spring.
The idea of an egg-giving hare came to the U.S. in the 18th century. Protestant German immigrants in the Pennsylvania Dutch area told their children about the “Osterhase”. Hase means "hare", not rabbit, and in Northwest European folklore the "Easter Bunny" indeed is a hare. According to the legend, only good children received gifts of coloured eggs in the nests that they made in their caps and bonnets before Easter.
The bells of Rome
According to a catholic tradition in France, Belgium and some parts of the Netherlands, Easter bells bring us chocolate and sugar eggs from Rome. They leave for Rome on Maundy Thursday and come back the night before Easter. They are represented like church clocks with wings. They drop the eggs in gardens and on balconies. An enthusiastic quest on Easter morning is part of this tradition.
Have fun and enjoy the quest for sweet eggs !!!
"Vision impossible" by U. Midtgaard
"Easter is coming" by John Wilhelm
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 | Bernardo Dadic PRO wonderful selection of ... Happy Easter :)) |
 | Yvette Depaepe CREW Thank you, Bernardo !!! Make it a very happy day too !!! |
 | Mohammad Soheilinia Curious and creative use of eggs as the main theme and element fantasy and childish world that can be seen in some of these series of photos make me happy and peppy,
Thanks to U and BRAVO!
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| Yvette Depaepe CREW Glad this makes you happy and peppy, Mohammad ;-) Thanks for your comment ! |
 | Massimo Della Latta Complimenti |
| Yvette Depaepe CREW Thanks and Happy Easter, Massimo ! |
| Massimo Della Latta Grazie Yvette. Tanti Auguri anche a te. |
 | Graham Daly Great collection of creative images! |
| Yvette Depaepe CREW Thanks, Graham !!! Happy Easter to you and your family, my friend ! |
| Graham Daly And a very Happy Easter to you and your family as well Yvette :-). God Bless! |
 | Edith Hoffman Wonderful selection of Easter images! Wishing everybody here on 1x a very Happy Easter and enjoy your weekend! Warm regards, Edith :-) |
| Yvette Depaepe CREW Thanks, Edith !!! Happy Easter to you too ;-) |
| Edith Hoffman Thanks Yvette :-) xx |