Where is celebrated easter

While most of us in the UK tend to celebrate the four-day weekend with egg hunts and stacks of sweet treats, other countries have embraced their own Easter rituals. Celebrations begin during the last week of Lent, and it is marked by huge and elaborate religious processions in nearly every single town and village across the country.

People parade through the streets in costumes or in hooded robes, carrying intricate religious floats depicting difference scenes from the bible, while often accompanied by live music. Some of the most well known take place in Zamora, Valladolid, Seville and Granada.

Much like in Spain, many of France's Easter customs stem from Catholic tradition and as such the holiday is usually a more religious affair than the UK's. One such tradition dictates that church bells stop ringing around Easter as a mark of respect for Jesus' death, and to explain their silence children are told the bells have flown to Rome to be blessed by the Pope.

On the morning of Easter Sunday - Jesus' resurrection - the bells then fly back to France loaded with sweet treats which they drop into gardens for the children. Once they are back in their steeples they then start ringing joyfully again. Once the bells have begun to rung, the Easter egg hunt - or "chasse aux oeufs" - begins. Traditional food revolves around lamb, cheese, potatoes and chocolate.

Good Friday and Easter Monday are both public holidays in Germany, and they celebrate by lighting bonfires around sunset on Holy Saturday. Some places have turned the "osterfeuer" Easter bonfire into mini festivals with stands selling sausages, wine and funfair rides while other communities stuff huge bales of straw into a wooden wheel, set it on fire and roll it down a hill known as the Osterrad.

Other traditions include decorating an "Easter tree" with hand painted eggs, known as the Ostereierbaum. Some children receive Easter baskets full of candy, snacks, and presents around this time of the year. Government offices and schools are closed in countries where Sunday is a non-working day, and business activities are limited. In countries where Sunday is a non-working day, transport schedules may be limited or operate on a different schedule to that of the working week, so those intending on travelling via public transport may need to check their schedules ahead of time.

An angel told her that Jesus had risen. Christians worldwide have celebrated Easter for centuries. The name Easter is believed to come from Eostara , the goddess of rebirth. Strict Puritans would have nothing to do with Easter — it was merely a human institution — in the past.

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Show More. And after the parade, you can take a stroll to Central Park and participate in the Easter Extravaganza with lots of fun and games for children of all ages. In the century-old tradition, on Good Friday, every church in town organises a procession, where a real-life Jesus figure drags his Cross, flanked by Roman centurions and followed by the mourning Mary Magdalen and the saints.

The statue is then returned to his resting place in Atotonilco with one last parade on the Wednesday after Easter Sunday. In Florence you can experience the long-standing tradition of Scoppio del Carro, dating back to back to the 11th century.

The cart is loaded with fireworks at Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore while a wire, stretching to the high altar inside the cathedral, is fitted with a mechanical dove. During Easter Mass, the fuse in the dove is lit, which ignites the cart and sets off a spectacular explosion. According to popular legend, if all goes well and the cart explodes it will mean a very prosperous year for the people of Florence.

Hotel Reviews and Trip Advisory. Top Ten Places to Celebrate Easter. Leonidio, Greece One of the top places to experience Easter has to be Greece, in particular Leonidio.