Easter food and crafts

Our teaching assistant, Alex, explained to the bilingual groups of 1º and 2º ESO the typical Easter traditions both in the UK and in the USA. As a project for the English class, some pupils decided to make some Easter crafts and they also prepared some traditional Easter meals like hot cross buns or chocolates. The results can be seen in the slideshow below.

British or American English?

People in the USA and in the UK speak the same language but some words aren’t used in the same way in both countries. Other words are almost the same but they may have slight changes in spelling and pronunciation.

By Laura Díaz 2º ESO B

The burning of Judas

The celebration of the burning of Judas is a popular festival that is held in Somontin, Almeria.The eighteen year-old youngsters climb a mountain and cut a tall and large pine tree. On Holy Saturday some teens take the tree down to the village and decorate it with old clothes and then they place dynamite, plants or branches next to it. On Easter Sunday after mass, they set fire to the tree and, as a result, the dynamite blows up. The resulting fire is seen as a symbol of purification. This celebration is also popular in other parts of Spain and in South America.

By Rosario Navío 1º ESO A-B

Easter traditions in the UK and in the USA

Easter is a very popular celebration in England and it has got a lot of traditions. For example, it’s very popular to hide eggs: parents hide them in the garden on Easter Sunday and then, they make their little children look for them.They tell them that the Easter Bunny has hidden them there. That tradition comes from many centuries ago, when people hid the eggs during Lent because they couldn’t eat them. Then, after Lent, they boil and decorate the eggs and they give them to each other as a symbol of the happiness of Easter.There is a similar tradition,called the egg hunt, that is the same but a lot of children look for eggs in a big place.
It’s common to eat hot cross buns on Good Friday: they are buns with a cross on the top that remind us that Jesus died on the cross.There is a popular race too: the egg and spoon race. There, children make the eggs roll down a hill and whoever’s egg goes the farthest without breaking , wins. This race is celebrated each year on the White House hill.
So,as you can see, there are a lot of ways to celebrate Easter in England or USA, because in Spain, we have the celebration of Holy Week.

By Carmen Abreu, 2º ESO A