happy easter.....

Easter is traditionaly a Christian festival to celebrate the resurection of Jesus on the 3rd day after he was crucified.....

Today Easter is commercially important, seeing wide sales of greeting cards and confectionery such as chocolate Easter eggs, marshmallow bunnies etc. Even many non-Christians celebrate these aspects of the holiday while eschewing the religious aspects.

 

Easter Island was discovered by a Dutch sea voyager called Admiral Jacob Roggeveen on 5 April 1722.  The day was Easter Sunday, and so it was called Easter Island.

The Easter bunny is the most popular symbol of Easter thanks to the Americans, but over in Australia they prefer to use their native marsupial, the Bilby as rabbits are not the most popular beastie down under !

There are some interesting Easter traditions around the globe. For instand women are whipped by their menfolk in the Czech republic. In the french town of Haux they cook a giant omelette with 1000 eggs and in Latvia they play 'conkers' with hard boiled eggs.
More HERE and HERE

And lets not forget the sacrificial lamb :~)