Easter origins and traditions
Across
- 4. In which country do people decorate the streets with colourful carpets made of coloured sawdust?
- 5. People fly homemade ... around Easter in Bermuda.
- 6. What is the name of the Australian Easter marsupial?
- 7. The rising of Christ from the dead.
- 9. A term used for beautifully decorated eggs in Poland and Ukraine.
- 10. The season after winter and before summer
- 12. A symbol of new life often associated with Easter and spring, sometimes filled with confetti in Mexico.
Down
- 1. Which event takes place every Easter Monday in the grounds of the White House in Washington DC?
- 2. The quality of being able to produce young or fruit.
- 3. In Sweden, children dress up as Easter ..., wearing old clothes and headscarves and carrying decorated branches.
- 6. The traditional activity that symbolizes the end of winter and the arrival of spring in many north-western European countries.
- 8. In which country do people spend the Easter weekend reading crime novels or watching crime films and series?
- 11. Spiritual beliefs and practices other than those of Judaism, Islam, or especially Christianity.