Easter, which is the most important Christian holiday, is celebrated in many countries around the world. However, the inhabitants of each country have their own unique traditions related to these days. How is Easter celebrated in the UK?
Maundy Thursday – a day of charity
Similarly to Poland, the days preceding Easter, especially Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, are extremely important for the British. However, the way they are celebrated is different from the Polish tradition.
Maundy Thursday, called Maundy Thursday, is a traditional day of charity. On this day, the monarch selects as many poor people as he or she is old and distributes gifts to them. In the past it was food or clothes, today instead they are given money in a special red purse. In addition to the red purse, a second, white purse is also handed out, containing occasional small coins, also in an amount corresponding to the age of the monarch. So the poor subjects must rejoice in the longevity of Queen Elizabeth II!
Good Friday and hot cakes
Good Friday is, of course, a day of fasting, but this does not mean that you cannot eat something tasty on this day in Great Britain. A traditional Good Friday delicacy is the so-called "hot cross buns". These are yeast rolls stuffed with cranberries or raisins and decorated with a cross, usually made of icing.
Easter sweets and fun
And what do you eat on holidays? Of course, lots of sweets! Children, but also their loved ones, are given large chocolate eggs as gifts, which are filled with sweets or small gifts. In turn, small chocolate eggs are most often hidden in secluded corners of the house or garden, and searching for them on Easter morning is great fun for children. In some British towns, ancient games still survive, such as egg rolling, which usually takes place on Easter Monday. The participants of this game try to roll the egg down the hill as quickly as possible without breaking it.
It is also worth adding that the Easter holidays in Great Britain are exceptionally long - they last as much as two weeks. This gives children plenty of time to eat all the treats they receive!
The main Easter meal in Great Britain is roast lamb. Hard-boiled eggs and raisin cookies in the shape of eggs or bunnies must also be on the table. A cake called Simnel Cake is also usually eaten, the recipe of which dates back to the Middle Ages. It is a fruit cake with two layers of marzipan, one of which covers the cake and the other is baked inside. This cake is decorated with 11 marzipan eggs, symbolizing the apostles except Judas.
No one is likely to be doused with water on Easter Monday. However, it is a day that the British like to spend outdoors, walking, taking part in traditional games, watching folk dance shows or specially organized sports matches. After all, this holiday also aims to welcome spring!
You can pack many sweets into a large Easter egg - for example, cheerful Christmas bunnies, which you can find in stores to which MPT Stanro delivers its products.[:]
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