Etna PapaseitCarmen Munteanu

Mirabela Bulica

*Easter in Catalonia VS. Easter in UK

*Summary*What is easter?*Easter in Catalonia*Easter in Britain

*What is easter?*Easter is a celebration of Christianity religion

on the resurrection of Jesus and is celebrated on the third day after being crucified. *Easter is the end of Lent. Ends with on Holy

Friday, Holy Saturday, Holy Sunday and Easter Monday.

*Easter in Catalonia*Easter in Catalonia is based on typical food

and Christianity religion.*The typical food is “la Mona”, “pastissets”,

“bunyols” of lent, “la coca de llardons” and codfish. *The typical celebrations of Christianity

religion are Palm Sunday, Glory Saturday and processions.

*“La Mona”*“La Mona” is a cake made of “pa de pessic”

or chocolate. *It is filled with chocolate, “cabell d’angel”,

pumpkin or jam.*Godparents give the “Mona” to their

godchildren.

*Bacallà*It Is the fish that represents Lent and is

used to make bunyols and another type of food.*It Is a salty fish.

*Lent*It Is the period of forty days before Easter

in the Christian calendar that indicates to prepare for Easter.*It begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on

Easter Sunday.

*It is shaped like an old woman crumpled with seven legs losing one by one as they pass the seven weeks of Lent.*She was dressed like an old Catalan

woman.*In the hands takes two codfish.*Was responsible for ensuring that children

eat fish during Lent.

*Easter celebrations*Palm Sunday commemorates the entrance of

Jesus into Jerusalem.*Holy Monday cycles begin Easter processions in

many towns.*Holy Thursday commemorates the Last Dinner.*Holy Friday remember the Crucifixion*Holy Saturday it celebrates the Easter Vigil.*Easter Sunday celebrates the Resurrection.*Easter Monday

*Easter in UK*Easter is the time for holidays, festivals and

a time for giving chocolate Easter eggs.*The traditional food is hot cross buns, easter

eggs and simnel cake*The traditional game is rolling eggs.

*Hot cross buns*In Easter we made Hot Cross Buns.* Are traditionally served on Good Friday. *A Hot Cross Bun is rich, spiced tea cake.* It’s made with candied fruit, raisins...

*Easter eggs*Easter eggs are boiled eggs and they are

painted. *With eggs, the children play a game that

consists of hiding a message and other people have to find it.

*Simnel cake*Simnel cake is baked for tea. *The Simnel cake is a fruit cake with a flat

layer of marzipan (sugar almond paste) on top and decorated with 11 marzipan balls representing the 12 apostles minus Judas, who betrayed Christ.

*Palm sunday*The Sunday before Easter is known as

Palm Sunday.*The people goes to the streets with a

palm that symbolizes when Jesus entered in Jerusalem.

*Rolling eggs*Egg rolling is very popular in England and

is an Easter Monday sport. *Hard-boiled eggs are rolled down a hill.

There are different customs from one place to another.*Win who shoots the egg further away,

survives as many rolls, or is rolled between two pegs.

*Web sites*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter