How is Easter celebrated around the world?

When you think about Easter, egg hunts, chocolate bunnies, and maybe even a fancy new outfit might come to mind—but around the world, Easter is celebrated in all kinds of unique and meaningful ways. Here are just a few ways Easter is celebrated in different cultural contexts!

In New Zealand and Australia, rabbits are seen as pests, so to have an “Easter Bunny” doesn’t make sense. Instead, they have an “Easter Bilby” , an endangered Australian animal!

In the Philippines they celebrate Easter Sunday by having two processions of people—one for men and one for women—who travel different paths before meeting up together at the church. The men follow an image of Jesus risen from the dead and the women follow Mary, Jesus’ mother, who wears a black veil because she is mourning the death of her son. They meet at the church where Jesus comforts his mother and girls dressed as angels take off Mary’s veil to celebrate Jesus being raised from the dead.

In France, the day after Easter Sunday, known as Easter Monday, people in the town of Bessiere get together to make one giant omelet, using THOUSANDS of eggs!

In Bermuda, many people fly kites on Good Friday, a tradition a teacher started one year.

We hope these world-wide glimpses help you see Easter in a new way. Who knows—you might even be inspired to start a new tradition of your own!