Are you enjoying your holidays? I hope you are, but don't forget to keep practising your English!
This new season that just started, spring, is the season of joy and happiness, of renewance after a long cold winter. Therefore, many people have special celebrations in this time of the year. In Seville, you celebrate Holy Week and Feria, and, in the English-speaking countries, they also have their festivals. The most famous one is Easter.
Originally, Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Christ, and that's the main reason why it's celebrated in other countries, like Spain. However, in the Anglo-Saxon countries, like the UK and the USA, Easter has become less religious and it's celebrated by both Christian and non-Christian people. In these countries, Easter is one of children's favourite holidays, because of symbols like the Easter Bunny and the Easter eggs, and special games they do on this day. On Easter Sunday morning, American and British children wake up and find baskets filled with presents and candy for them, left by the Easter Bunny. Later, in the afternoon, the whole family get together and have an Easter dinner, a big meal with a lot of delicious food. After that, they decorate hard-boiled eggs altogether. First, they dye them in coloured water, and then they paint them using brushes. After having coloured them, it's time for the fun! The Easter Bunny comes (without being seen by the children) and hides the eggs in the family's garden. Then, the children have to do the egg hunt, which means they have to find the hidden eggs. If they find the special golden egg, they'll get a prize!
If you'd like to know more about the origins of Easter, take a look at this video:
Now that you know a little bit more about its origins, would you like to know some traditions they have in the USA to celebrate Easter? Check this out:
By now, you must be some sort of Easter experts, so why don't you try this special quiz to check how much you know about this holiday?
Here in Spain, and particularly in the south, Easter is celebrated in a very different way, as you all know. I'm sure you could all tell me the main traditions we have here in Andalusia to celebrate the Holy Week but, could you do that in English? Some vocabulary is very specific, and hard to translate, so why don't you try to do these exercises? This way, you'll be able to explain foreigners about our traditions in English. Useful, isn't it?
Finally, to finish with some fun, why don't you try and read these Easter tongue twisters out loud? It's good pronunciation practice!
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