Easter

This custom is observed amond the Venetians who also like throwing objects out the window and on New Year's Day they get rid of worn objects. Others believe that throwing pots welcomes spring.

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It all started in February 1923, when two young Norwegian authors, Nordahl Grieg and Nils Lie, came up with the idea: to write a catchy detective story and launch a book ad in the newspaper on the Sunday before Easter. The ad has the same title as the book. "The Bergen train was robbed at night". The promotion was so credible that no one distinguished fiction from the truth, the book became a bestseller.

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In the city of Verges (Spain) to recreate the scenes from the Passion, everyone wears skeleton costumes and parades through the streets. The procession ends with a macabre dance that begins at midnight and continues until morning. The dance is to be associated with the "Black Death" in the fourteenth century, which claimed as much as 30-60% of the then European population. It is said that the scale of the plague was so great that it took 150 years to reach the population from before the epidemic.

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Antigua, Guatemala, is the site of the largest celebration in the world that commemorates the Passion, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus. From Friday to Easter Sunday, there are marches of colorful processions are held.

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In 1991 Australia paid to campaign the Easter Bunny with Bilby's Easter Bunny or Bunny's Bandicoot. This is due to the poor reputation of "grays" that were brought to Australia by settlers and the destruction of native animals and habitats. Chocolates and Bilba-shaped goods are available in Australia, as well as produced by in-house producers and the money from the sale is given to charity.

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The route begins near the warehouses of Il Prat, then the cart is steered up to Piazza Duomo and left between the baptistery and the baptistery. At around 11:00 am, as part of the Easter Mass in the Cathedral, the Archbishop of Florence lights the "Colombina", a dove-shaped rocket (symbolizing the Holy Spirit) which is placed on the alter and connected to Brindellone with a cable. The igniter starts the fireworks mounted on the cart and a spectacular display of fireworks begins.

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Devotees consider these to be personal expressions of penance, whether in fulfilment of a vow or in thanksgiving for a prayer granted.

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All these things are the national pride of the Luxembourgers, linked to their traditions.

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On Holy Saturday, there is a procession in which people demonstrate their fatigue connected with fasting and the desire to start celebrating. The march is led by a local butcher. The herring, battered in such a way, symbolizes the fast and is eventually thrown into the river. The butcher then places a sheep's leg decorated with flowers on the same stick, which is to herald the feast.

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The Armenians believe that God was with Jesus all the time in the form of a bread loaf that the Mother was holding when standing under the Christ's cross. The bread was stained red by the blood of the Savior.

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The New Yorkers are racing to create the most ingenious headgear, decorated with a support in the shape of bunnies, chicks and Easter eggs. Fancy hats, caps and bowlers with colorful flowers, bird nests and even genre scenes are then inspected. Not only people but even dogs parade dressed in such a way! Professional hat makers come to the parade and present the most fashionable hats of the season.

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