{"id":7179,"date":"2024-03-20T17:21:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fantasticaitalia.com\/?p=7179"},"modified":"2025-11-09T01:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T01:35:17","slug":"easter-traditions-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fantasticaitalia.com\/en_US\/news\/easter-traditions-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Most curious Easter traditions in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Are you visiting Europe this Easter?<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Discover with us the most curious easter traditions in Italy & beyond!<\/p>\r\n

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  1. See the explosion of the cart in Florence<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    At 11 a.m., on Easter Sunday morning, the \u201ccolombina\u201d (a rocket in the shape of a dove) departs from the Cathedral’s high altar and, gliding along an iron wire, crosses the entire nave to the Cart, where it triggers the ignition of hundreds of multicolored smokes, accompanied by hisses and bangs, and the sparkling pinwheel placed at the top.<\/p>\r\n

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    2. Join a solemn processions in Spain<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

    Especially in Andalusia. Semana Santa<\/b> (Easter week) has been celebrated here since the 16th century; today, the city holds a whopping 58 processions throughout the week that involve some 50,000 participants.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

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    3. See rocket warfare in Greece<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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    The rockets are hardwood sticks filled with a gunpowder-based propellant combination. To ring the rival church’s bell is each side’s aim.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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    4. Paint eggs in Finland<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

    To be honest: not just in Finland!<\/p>\r\n

    In many countries, like Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, and other Central European countries’ folk traditions, Easter eggs are carved from wood and hand-painted, and making artificial eggs out of porcelain for ladies is common.<\/p>\r\n

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    5. Taste the traditional sandwiches in England<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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    Call it Hot Cross Buns!<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n
    They are inextricably linked to Easter and to Christianity. But in reality, they probably have pre-Christian origins.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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    6. Try the “egg fight” in Bulgaria<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

    In Bulgaria is a similar tradition of egg cracking. Adults and children alike each take an egg, then go around tapping each other.<\/p>\r\n

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    Which one would you like to join? \ud83e\udd70<\/p>\r\n

    This is the Europe you don’t expect!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n

    What are you waiting for? contact us!<\/p>\r\n

    Are you thinking of traveling to Europe? get inspired here<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n

    Contact us<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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