Easter holiday in Germany
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Easter is celebrated in different countries and this includes Germany. Countries may have different traditions on how they celebrate Easter but this is how the Germans celebrate this holiday.
In Germany, they have Easter on Good Friday and not during the Easter Sunday. During Good Fridays, they eat fish as part of the feast. Also, they have their Easter lunch where they feast on Easter Eggs as well as a cake shaped as lambs. They also have some cookies and chocolates.
Some Germans also burn old Christmas trees as their version of welcoming the spring. They also have Easter egg hunts where children have a great time. They also have the Chocolate kiss game as Easter eggs and chocolates are important to Germans. During Maundy Thursday they use green Easter eggs.
Before Holy Week even begins in Germany, they welcome it by having Fasching, a special carnival. They have a parade each year where people with masks parade the streets while showing off their different masks.
They also have huge bonfires during the Easter eves and they let the kids light up these bonfires as the adults watch and celebrate the evening.
Easter in Germany is fun and exciting and it’s really an event that they celebrate. It’s fun not just for kids but adults have a great time celebrating Easter. After all, Easter has a very symbolic meaning not just to the Germans but to all Christians in the world and it should be well celebrated.
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The Paulskirche became famous as an important meeting place. Built to replace the Barfüßerkirche (Church of the Barefooted), it was opened in 1833, the construction work began in 1789. The first freely-elected German parliament sat there in 1848. Destroyed in an air-raid in 1944, the church was rebuilt in 1947/48 as a memorial to the horrors of war. The simple hall now provides a venue for important events such as the annual German Peace Prize ceremony and the City of Frankfurt’s Goethepreis awards. Both are dedicated to civil rights.