Mardi Gras / Carnival Season
Mardi Gras, French for "Fat Tuesday", is what we know as Shrove Tueday, or "Pancake Day" -for more on the different days of the Easter season see Traditional Church's Easter Calendar. Historically the fast during Lent, which starts the day after Shrove Tuesday, meant eating no "luxury" foods such as meat or dairy products -"Carnival" from the Latin "carnivale", loosely translates as "farewell to flesh"- so the day before this restrictive diet started people would feast and eat up all the eggs and meat. In New Orleans, the feast of the Epiphany (6th January) until midnight on Mardi Gras is a season of merriment, culminating in the biggest carnival. see . In South America, canival season is for four days ending in Mardi Gras.
richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
Friday, 29 February 2008
Thursday, 28 February 2008
Hot Cross Buns
The origin of hot cross buns date back to the fertility festivals when an ox was sacrificed. The ox's horns became a symbol for the feast and they were carved into the freshly leavened ritual bread. The word "buns" is derived from the Saxon word "boun" which means "sacred ox".The cross on hot cross buns became the cross of Jesus.
richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
The origin of hot cross buns date back to the fertility festivals when an ox was sacrificed. The ox's horns became a symbol for the feast and they were carved into the freshly leavened ritual bread. The word "buns" is derived from the Saxon word "boun" which means "sacred ox".The cross on hot cross buns became the cross of Jesus.
richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Hot Cross Buns
The origin of hot cross buns date back to the fertility festivals when an ox was sacrificed. The ox's horns became a symbol for the feast and they were carved into the freshly leavened ritual bread. The word "buns" is derived from the Saxon word "boun" which means "sacred ox".The cross on hot cross buns became the cross of Jesus.
richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
The origin of hot cross buns date back to the fertility festivals when an ox was sacrificed. The ox's horns became a symbol for the feast and they were carved into the freshly leavened ritual bread. The word "buns" is derived from the Saxon word "boun" which means "sacred ox".The cross on hot cross buns became the cross of Jesus.
richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Easter Parades and Easter Bonnets
Easter bonnets have been around since the Middle Ages when it was the custom to take a long walk after church on Easter Sunday, while wearing new clothes to symbolize the start of spring. The tradition grew to include a straw Easter bonnet adorned with ribbons and flowers. This led to the American custom of Easter parades all over the country, including the famous parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City (like in the 1948 Judy Garland movie "Easter Parade"!).
richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
Easter bonnets have been around since the Middle Ages when it was the custom to take a long walk after church on Easter Sunday, while wearing new clothes to symbolize the start of spring. The tradition grew to include a straw Easter bonnet adorned with ribbons and flowers. This led to the American custom of Easter parades all over the country, including the famous parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City (like in the 1948 Judy Garland movie "Easter Parade"!).
richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
Monday, 25 February 2008
Egg Rolling
In come countries, eg Germany and America, children roll eggs down hills on Easter morning, a game which has been connected to the rolling away of the rock from Jesus Christ's tomb when he was resurrected. British settlers brought this custom to the New World.
richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
In come countries, eg Germany and America, children roll eggs down hills on Easter morning, a game which has been connected to the rolling away of the rock from Jesus Christ's tomb when he was resurrected. British settlers brought this custom to the New World.
richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
Sunday, 24 February 2008
Easter Chicks
These emerge from the eggs the hare/rabbit brings! A pagan symbol of re-birth, Christianised as re-birth in Jesus or the chick breaking through the egg shell as a picture of Jesus emerging from the tomb.
richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
These emerge from the eggs the hare/rabbit brings! A pagan symbol of re-birth, Christianised as re-birth in Jesus or the chick breaking through the egg shell as a picture of Jesus emerging from the tomb.
richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
Saturday, 23 February 2008
Easter Bunny and Easter Egg Hunts
From the goddess with the hare's head, or hare companion, Eostre, hares and rabbits were associated with enviable prolific procreation as part of the worship of all things spring-time and fertile. The Easter Bunny is a hare/rabbit spirit that lays eggs in the grass, leading to the tradition of Easter egg hunts!! This concept has not had a Christian make-over!
richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
From the goddess with the hare's head, or hare companion, Eostre, hares and rabbits were associated with enviable prolific procreation as part of the worship of all things spring-time and fertile. The Easter Bunny is a hare/rabbit spirit that lays eggs in the grass, leading to the tradition of Easter egg hunts!! This concept has not had a Christian make-over!
richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
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