Pâques en France

Easter:

Slides 12- 20 & quiz 34-42

LB:

1.To know how Easter is celebrated in French spoken countries (all).

2.To take part in a Easter song and poem in French (Y3)

3.To know and recognise key words related to Easter (Y4/5)

4.To understand a short text related to Easter

5.To illustrate Easter with pictures and key words (All)

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Le carnaval

• Carnival is the festive season immediately before Lent.

• During carnival, there are parades and street parties. People dress up.

• Carnival is a tradition mostly in Catholic societies, like France.

Le Carnaval de Nice

• In the city of Nice, in

the south of France,

there is a very famous

carnival every year.

• In fact, it is the

original Mardi Gras

carnival and the

oldest in the world!

Le Carnaval de Nice

• During the two weeks leading up to Mardi Gras,

there are street parties, parades, shows,

concerts, fireworks and general merry-making!

• People wear fancy-dress.

Le Carnaval de Nice

• Each year, the Nice

carnival has a theme.

• This year (2016) the

theme is 'The King of

Media’.

• The event attracts

around 1.2 million

visitors.

Mardi Gras

• The carnival period finishes

with Mardi Gras. It actually

means ‘Fat Tuesday' and it

is known as Shrove Tuesday

in English.

• It is the last day when you

can eat everything you like

before the fasting period of

Lent.

Mardi Gras

• Children often

celebrate Carnaval

and Mardi Gras

together.

• They can dress up

to go to school or

wear a mask.

Mardi Gras

• On Mardi Gras, French

people traditionally eat

doughnuts (les beignets) or

pancakes (les crêpes).

• These are the traditional

food of Mardi Gras because

they are a good way to use

up all the extra flour, eggs

and butter that should not

be eaten during Lent.

Le mercredi des Cendres

• Ash Wednesday

(mercredi des Cendres)

is the first day of Lent.

• Ash Wednesday gets its

name from the practice of

placing ashes on the

foreheads of the faithful

as a sign of repentance.

Le Carême

• Lent is called le Carême which is another way of saying “forty days”.

• The forty days represent the time that Jesus spent in the desert, where he endured temptation by Satan.

• Christians remember the death of Jesus and the events leading up to his death.

Le dimanche des Rameaux

• Palm Sunday (le

dimanche des

Rameaux) is the

Sunday before Easter

and it marks the

beginning of the Holy

Week.

• Palm leaves (often

tied into crosses) are

given in churches to

the worshipers.

Les cloches

• On the evening of Easter Thursday (le Jeudi

Saint), all the church bells in France fly away to

Rome!

• They visit the Pope (le Pape) in the Vatican to be

involved in remembering

the death of Jesus and to

be blessed by the pope.

• So, all the church bells in

France remain silent until

the morning of Easter Sunday!

Vendredi Saint

• Good Friday

(vendredi saint)

commemorates the

crucifixion of Jesus

Christ and his death

at Golgotha.

Les processions

• There are lots of processions and religious

parades in towns.

La procession de la Sanch

• The Procession de la Sanch is an annual ceremony in several towns in the South of France.

• Historically, a robe was used to protect the identity of prisoners being led to their town's annual execution.

La procession de la Sanch

• Today, a long procession of black-robed people are led in silence by someone in a red robe to the sound of a tambourine, as part of the Good Friday celebrations.

Le dimanche de Pâques

• Christians believe that Jesus was resurrected

from the dead three days after his crucifixion.

• This resurrection is celebrated on Easter Sunday

(dimanche de Pâques).

Le dimanche de Pâques

• Early on the morning of Easter Sunday , the Easter bells (les cloches de Pâques) fly back to France!

• They drop chocolate eggs, chickens, bells and bunnies in the gardens of the French towns.

La chasse aux œufs

• In the morning, the children awake very excited because it is time to search for the chocolate egg hunt (la chasse aux œufs).

• And all the bells ring again because they are celebrating the resurrection of Jesus!

Les œufs de Pâques

• The tradition of the Easter eggs dates back from the 4th century.

• The eggs which were not eaten during Lent used to be decorated and then offered for Easter.

Les chocolats

• In France, April fish are also an Easter symbol and that is why you will find chocolate fish in the shops too!

• You can buy chocolates goodies in sweet shops (les confiseries) or in shops specialising in chocolate (les chocolateries).

Le repas

• There is generally an enormous amount of delicious food to eat.

• French people spend a lot of the day eating with the whole family altogether.

• It is a very special and happy day.

• Bon appétit!

Le repas

• People traditionally eat roast lamb (l'agneau).

• There are lots of vegetables, for example, potatoes (les pommes de terre).

• The lamb is seen as a symbol of Jesus who gave himself as an offering to God for the sins of the world.

Le repas

• In the Alsace region,

the traditional dessert

is a biscuit in the

shape of the Easter

lamb (l’agneau pascal

or Osterlamala).

Le repas

• In the Vendée region,

the traditional cake is

called Pacaude or la

Gâche de Pâques.

• It is a very rich bread

mixture, like a brioche

- containing bread

flour, sugar, milk,

yeast, butter and eggs.

Poisson d’avril

• Another important date is April Fools’ Day, on the 1st

of April.

• The tradition is that children play a trick on adults (parents, teachers…) by sticking paper fish onto their back.

• Every time they manage to trick a grown-up, they run away shouting out “Poisson d'avril!” – and laughing lots too.

Poisson d’avril

• Adults also like to tell jokes (les blagues) or play tricks on their friends or colleagues.

• The media (TV, radio, newspapers) often report false but credible information to trick people.

Information

• The Crown of Thorns (la Sainte Couronne) worn by Jesus is kept in the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris (la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris).

• It is kept in a special container, known as a reliquary.

• The cathedral of Notre Dame also keeps some pieces of wood and a nail belonging to the Holy Cross.

Information

• If a baby is born around

Easter-time, the name

chosen for the baby

might be Pascal,

meaning 'belonging to

Easter'.

Quiz

1. The French for “Shrove

Tuesday” is…

a. Mardi Gras

b. Carnaval

c. Mardi des crêpes

2. What happens in France on

Shrove Tuesday?

a. There is no school

b. People eat a special type of bread

c. Children wear fancy dress

3. “Palm Sunday” is...

a. le dimanche des Rameaux

b. le dimanche de Pâques

c. le dimanche du chocolat

4. The word for “Easter” is...

a. Paquet

b. Pâques

c. Papillon

5. Easter is in the season of...

a. printemps

b. été

c. hiver

6. What is un œuf de Pâques?

a. an Easter card

b. an Easter bunny

c. an Easter egg

7. What is le lièvre de Pâques?

a. the Easter parade

b. the Easter bunny

c. the Easter dinner

8. According to the French

tradition, where do all the

church bells fly to, at Easter?

a. Madrid

b. Paris

c. Rome

9. “The flying church bells”

are called...

a. les cerfs-volants

b. les cloches volantes

c. les oiseaux volants

10. An “egg hunt” is ...

a. une chasse aux œufs

b. un panier d’œufs

c. une coquille d’œufs

11. What is un panier d'œufs?

a. a box of eggs

b. a basket of eggs

c. a sack of eggs

12. Where would you buy

Easter eggs?

a. la charcuterie

b. la gare

c. la confiserie

13. The traditional meat for

Easter Sunday is lamb. The

word for “lamb” is...

a. année

b. anneau

c. agneau

14. The word for Sunday is…

a. samedi

b. dimanche

c. lundi

15. An April fool's trick is

called...

a. un poisson d’avril

b. un lapin d’avril

c. un mouton d’avril

Solution

1. a 9. b

2. c 10. a

3. a 11. b

4. b 12. c

5. a 13. c

6. c 14. b

7. b 15. a

8. c

Joyeuses Pâques !