On Easter Sunday, Catholics celebrate with joy Jesus has conquered death. One of the traditions that expect special devotion to the little ones are the chocolate eggs, hiding in the home the Easter Bunny announced. Decorated eggs, painted in bright colors, adorned and embellished, or candy or chocolate rabbits, is celebrated on Easter Sunday mass. And is that the egg is the universal symbol of Easter celebrations. The Tradition indicates that eggs are a symbol of life and resurrection Jesus brings a new life: the promise and opportunity of eternal life.
before the eggs reach closely intertwined with the Christian Holy Week, were honored for many rites of spring festivals. The Romans, Gauls, Chinese, Egyptians and Persians used eggs as a universal symbol of fertility, happiness and joy.
There are many possible origins of the famous exchange of chocolate eggs at Easter. Some records date back to medieval times, when Easter was time to pay the census, and this payment was made on Easter Sunday and eggs.
There are also records of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in which the date of Easter in France, the monarch offered him baskets full of artistically decorated eggs as a symbol of the birth of a new life that represents Christ's resurrection.
But since the beginning of mankind, the egg has been synonymous with fertility, hope and rebirth. The egg came to prominence in Egyptian mythology where The Phoenix was burned in its nest and was reborn later from eggs that had originally created. The Indians, meanwhile, argued that the world was born from an egg.
Easter eggs in antiquity were chicken and duck, and in the Middle Ages were then presented to children during this celebration. Later, Christians began to give away eggs for Easter with gifts and early nineteenth century in Germany, Italy and France, came the first made with chocolate eggs with little gifts inside.
The various cultures were decorating eggs differently. In the beginning, were hand painted with colors representing sunlight Eggs were one on one with a precast mold, which made it difficult for its mass production. The bright colors were appearing with the great production of eggs, for the 20 and 30 of the last century.
What about the bunny?
The Easter Bunny is who brings the chocolate eggs. This legend began many years ago and has amassed so that as early as March, supermarkets and shops are decorated with large stands of Easter eggs.
The Easter Bunny is not a modern invention. It originated in the Anglo-Saxon celebrations pre-Christian. The rabbit a very fertile animal, was the earthly symbol of the goddess Eastre, to whom he dedicated the month of April.
As a symbol of Easter, this animal seems to have its origins in Germany where it is first mentioned in texts of the sixteenth century. The first edible bunnies were made in Germany in the nineteenth century and sugar confectionery.
The Easter bunny was introduced in the U.S. by German immigrants who came to Pennsylvania Dutch Country in the eighteenth century. The arrival of "Oschter Haws" was considered one of the great pleasures of childhood, equivalent to a visit from Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Children believed that if they behave well, the "Oschter Haws "would lay eggs colored.
children built nests in remote areas or hidden in the house, barn or garden, to put their eggs the bunny. Later he started a tradition of building elaborate baskets to lay eggs.
However, there is another legend. It tells the story of a woman who painted eggs for children at Easter. Once he decided to hide in the garden in different nests. When the children found the eggs, a rabbit jumped out of the nest. Then, they thought the rabbit had brought the eggs and thus began the story.
Whether or not true this story eggs, in all cultures, have represented the birth of new life, joy, rebirth. Hence it is perfectly suited to the sense that this day is for Catholics.
At night it is another Easter tradition ... Stomach ache so much chocolate product! Have a beautiful day.
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