Easter traditions are compared between Catalonia and the UK. In Catalonia, Easter focuses on religious processions and typical foods like "la Mona" cake, "pastissets" cookies, and codfish. In the UK, Easter traditions include hot cross buns, egg decorating and games, and Simnel cake. Religious observances like Palm Sunday and commemorating Holy Week are also marked. The UK adds the tradition of egg rolling games on Easter Monday.

1. Etna Papaseit
Carmen Munteanu
Mirabela Bulica
*Easter in Catalonia
VS. Easter in UK

2. *
*What is easter?
*Easter in Catalonia
*Easter in Britain

3. *
*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.

4. *
*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.

5. *
*“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.

6. *
*It Is the fish that represents Lent and is used
to make bunyols and another type of food.
*It Is a salty fish.

7. *
*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.

8. *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.

9. *
*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

10. *
*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.

11. *
*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...

12. *
*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.

13. *
*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.

14. *
*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.

15. *
*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.

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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter