Easter holiday in Hungary

Easter is the holiday of resurrection, reborn: we commemorate the resurrection of Christ and we toast the beginning of spring.

Eastertide

Good Friday: The day of Christ’s death, eating meat is stictly prohibited

Holy Saturday: the day of Chist’s resurectionPainting by Mihály Munkácsi

Renewal Sunday: consecration of meal.

Meals at Easter

Ham and eggs-a little bit differently

Easter milk-loaf

Painting of eggs

We paint eggs for sprinklers

Etchwork-decorated eggs Waxy eggs

Hungarian theme

White and blue

Traditional Hungarian decoration

Eggs painted with onions Fretwork in eggs

Lace-trimmed eggs Yarn on eggs

Eggs hunting

• Eggs hunting is very popular among children.

• They have to find the hidden eggs.

Easter Monday: spinkling girls, women

SprinklingThis habit is rooted in baptism. It symbolises the purifying.

Then… … and now

Sprinkling poem

Boys tells poems to girls to take out their permit for sprinkling.

I was walking in a forest and saw a little blue violet. It wanted wilt and die may I use may water can?

Girls give boys eggs as rewards.