We would like to wish you all a lovely Easter break.
BTW, we’re starting our SPRING language term very soon, on Monday 20th April 2020. You can study Arabic, Chinese Mandarin, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish this spring at BLS. Enrol now!
Thank you for learning languages with us and see you soon.
Lots of love,
Bristol Language School
We would like to wish you all a lovely Easter break. Whether you’re going travelling, visiting family or practising your language skills, we hope you have a great time and we’re looking forward to seeing you soon!
BTW, we’re starting our SPRING language term very soon, on Monday 29th April 2019. If you haven’t enrolled yet, join one of our language courses now and register here!
We hope we’ll see you on one of our language courses soon.
BLS Team
We would like to wish you all a lovely Easter break. Whether you’re going travelling, visiting family or simply stuffing your face with chocolate (we approve of your choice), we hope you have a great time and we’re looking forward to seeing you soon!
If you’d like to find out how some countries celebrate Easter, read our article on the most interesting Easter traditions from around the globe.
In some countries Easter is much more than chocolate eggs and a bank holiday weekend. From water fights to crucifixion, we’ll take you through some of the most interesting Easter traditions from around the globe.
In countries such as Poland, Slovakia and Hungary is it a tradition to celebrate Easter Monday with a water fight. Men throw buckets of water at women, a custom which originally represented a cleansing process and was meant to increase women’s fertility. In Czech Republic, the tradition has taken a slightly more worrying turn and the women are (gently) beaten with sticks.
In Traustein, in the south of Germany, hundreds of men dressed in traditional costumes take part in an Easter horseback parade.
Easter is taken very seriously in Spain and Portugal, where it’s known as Semana Santa. Religious processions walk through the towns, adorned with candles and Catholic statues, accompanied by marching bands for a dramatic effect. However, it’s the hooded figures, known as nazarenos that are the most surprising of all.
During Easter many Filipino men decide to undergo the suffering of Christ by being publically whipped with bamboo sticks and eventually crucified. This is believed to cleanse them of their sins and cure illnesses.
On Good Friday, the locals of Bermuda look to the sky to watch children fly their homemade kites. Afterwards they enjoy a breakfast of hot cross buns.
