Estonian holidays, festivals, cultural events
meat again. A general custom was dyeing eggs. They were exchanged and presented to friends. The tradition is still
practiced today.
Good Friday is a quiet day, and everyone is back to work or school on Easter Monday. Easter Sunday is a family affair, with
relatives getting together for long lunches. One popular traditional dish is pashka or pasha, a Russian style dessert made
with curd cheese, almonds and raisins. In the run up to Easter people seek out the whitest eggs for painting and many hold
eggpaintings parties. The eggs are used to decorate the table. Children play at breaking eggs, as in British conker
competitions. It also customary to bring young willow twigs indoors for sprouting; sometimes grass seeds are planted in
pots.Easter, according to recent polls, is most respected by the older generation, by women, and by non Estonians. Rular
Easter customs, such as games involving eggs, are usually enacted at the Estonian Open Air Museum.
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