Tradizioni pasquali nel Regno Unito
Il termine Pasqua proviene dall’ebraico Pesah (e , successivamente, Pascha in latino) che vuol dire passaggio. La festa cristiana celebra la resurrezione di Cristo e ha rimpiazzato le celebrazioni che facevano i pagani per festeggiare l’arrivo della primavera e il rinnovamento della natura.
Easter deriva da Eostre nome della divinità anglosassone della fertilità e della primavera
Pasqua è una festa mobile e la sua data viene determinata, così come per le antica festa pagana, in base al calendario lunare.
Anche nel Regno Unito a Pasqua vengono cucinati dolci tipici della festività i più popolari sono:
Simnel cake; dolci fatti con cioccolato e marzapane. Hot cross buns; ciambelle con la caratteristica incisione a croce.
Anche nel Regno Unito non mancano sulle tavole a Pasqua le uova ,l’agnello e il coniglio.
Rappresentazioni simili a quelle recitate in Calabria durante la Settimana Santa (passione vivente, opera sacra, etc), venivano messe in scena nel medioevo in Inghilterra e si chiamavano mistery plays o miracle plays.
Easter traditions
Easter celebrates the resurrection of Christ. Long before this, though, pagans celebrated the renewed life of Earth in springtime.
Originally Easter was called Pascha after the Hebrew word for Passover, a Jewish festival that happens at this time of year. It was replaced by Easter, a word which is believed to have evolved from Eostre, the name of the Anglo-Saxon goddess of fertility and springtime.
The date of Easter is determined, like its pagan festival equivalent, by the lunar calendar.
Traditional food
Simnel cake
In the late 17th century, girls in service brought a rich fruit cake called simnel cake home to their mothers on the fourth Sunday of Lent (it is the period of 40 days which comes before Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday ).The cake was enriched with marzipan and decorated with 11 marzipan balls representing the 12 apostles minus Judas, who betrayed Christ.
Hot cross buns
Buns marked with a cross were eaten by the Saxons to honour their goddess Eostre - it is thought the bun represented the moon and the cross the moon's quarters. To Christians, the cross symbolises the crucifixion.
Easter eggs
Throughout history, eggs have been associated with Easter celebrations. In ancient times, the egg was a symbol of fertility and new beginnings. Christians adopted this to represent their Saviour's resurrection.
The custom of colouring eggs in vivid colours - representing the sunlight of spring - goes back to the Middle Ages and is still an important tradition for many Christians. In Germany it's usual to paint eggs green and eat them on Maundy Thursday. In Greek and Slavic cultures eggs are dyed red as a symbol of the blood of Christ.
As time has gone on, the decoration has become more elaborate. The most famous and ornate of Easter eggs must be the jewelled and enamelled eggs that Fabergé was commissioned to make for the Russian tsars.
Rabbit and lamb
A traditional symbol of Easter is the lamb, adopted from the lamb sacrificed at Jewish Passover and for Christians it came to signify Christ's death on the cross. Another traditional symbol is the rabbit. Known for its fertility, it symbolises new life.
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