Etna Papaseit

Carmen 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