Yeetle Box - Easter Customs Around the World. Praise Jesus!

An interesting Easter custom takes places in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, (collectively knows as the "Women Whipping Union") where there is a tradition of spanking or whipping women on Easter Monday. (Monday?)

Males throw water at females and spank them with handmade whips made of willow and decorated with ribbons at the end. (See above.)

The spanking is symbolic and, according to legend, females should be spanked in order to keep their health and beauty during the next year - a common fact among Eastern European countries. We all recall Jesus' words: "Spare the rod, spoil the woman."

Moving on to Finland where children dress up and go begging in the streets with sooty faces, carrying broomsticks. On Halloween children hunt for colored eggs.

In some parts of Western Finland they even burn bonfires on Easter Sunday. This tradition takes place to ward off witches flying around between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. And it seems to be working as no witches have flown around during that time of the year since the 12th century.

On Maundy Thursday in Verges, in Spain, a traditional “death dance” is performed which involves a parade down the streets of the medieval town, commemorating Jesus' renowned jesting abilities.

Everyone involved is dressed in costumes and the procession ends with frightening skeletons carrying boxes of ashes.

The scary dance begins at midnight and continues for three hours into the early morning.

The scary dance is similar to the Hokey Pokey, but they do not put their left foot in. After the scary dance, they engage in an unusual event called Running With the Zombies.

Easter traditions would be incomplete if we did not mention Poland. In Poland, if the man of the house takes part in preparing the traditional Easter bread, custom has it that his moustache will turn grey and the dough will fail - making it very easy to spot a Polish man on Easter.

So the lucky man of the house is banned from helping out - not unlike any other day of the year.

The Easter bunny is the most popular symbol of Easter thanks to the Americans, but over in Australia they prefer to use their native marsupial, the Bilby. This is because the rabbit has destroyed their land, crops and vegetation, making it a perfect representation of Christ's resurrection.

This concludes

EASTER CUSTOMS AROUND THE WORLD

Have a happy Easter.

The YeetleMaster