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Easter

PROMPT: The day after Easter is known as Dyngus Day, a Polish celebration marking the end of Lent. Among other things, party goers chase each other around with squirt guns and pussywillow branches and feast on many Polish delicacies like pierogi, kielbasa, and placzek. What are some of the traditions your family takes part in on Easter?(BC)

For the past decade I visited my father and his wife on Easter Sunday. This year is the second Easter without him. So I visit his widow for an Easter lunch with bread and eggs. There is nothing special about this day apart from the fact that it’s a national holiday. Since I am not religious I don’t visit the church either.

In my country, there is a television tradition around Easter called The Passion. It’s an outdoor spectacle with thousands of visitors in a different city each year telling the musical tale of Christ. This year millions have watched this so it is kind of a tradition. A lot of people attend to the Matheus Passion as well, in churches or buildings. I’ve been there as well a few years back. It’s a great way of celebrating Christ and the beginning of spring.