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What do we know about Easter?

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What do we know about Easter?

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Each year since ancient Babylon times most people, few rabbits and very fancy chickens have celebrated Easter. But besides spending time with family and eating lots of homemade food - what else do we know about this old and beautiful celebration?

We would like to invite you to celebrate Easter by learning something new and by sharing your holiday traditions with us.

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  • Origin of Easter
  • Rabbits and Eggs
  • Easter Traditions and games
  • Festive Easter meals
  • Easter island


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Easter Island is yet another place on our blue planet steeped in mysticism. You probably saw videos or pictures with legendary head sculptures (Moai), sacred family caves and incredible stone works. But do you know why it’s called Easter Island?

Unfortunately, the origin of the name “Easter Island” is not mystical at all. The name "Easter Island" was given by the island's first recorded European visitor, the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered it on Easter Sunday (5 April), 1722, while searching for "Davis Land". Roggeveen named it Paasch-Eyland (18th-century Dutch for "Easter Island").The island's official Spanish name, Isla de Pascua, also means "Easter Island".




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Cover image: Photo by Sophie Laurent from unsplash.com

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