easter eggs
when i was younger, we would often spend holy week in my father’s hometown, where senakulo, pabasa, visita iglesia, and the panata are still being practiced til now. not that i’m missing it, but, ironically, jan will grow up with a very different context of easter celebrations.
each egg just about a a centimeter wide, these tiny eggs were made of cut-out cardboard and crushed brown egg shells. we used it to decorate the self-made photo frame jan gave to ur-oma (mother of jan’s lola).
still made of cardboard, this time of two sheets, with a barbecue stick stuck in the middle like a lollipop. on one side, we glued broken egg shells which were previously dyed. with a photo of jan working on this artwork glued on the other side, this one went to oma.
our easter egg tree. probably where the two cultures find common ground in celebrating easter: it IS like christmas.
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7 Responses to “easter eggs”
March 30th, 2005 at
don’t think this applies to all the germans… but when I asked J what the significance of easter is (at least, for the Frankfurters), they celebrate basically the coming of spring. nothing religious about it. that’s why, he said, you see people all around selling flowers kahit sa may exit ng highway. it prolly is different in say, Bayern. Baka they are as religious as the Pinoys.
March 30th, 2005 at
exactly what i meant with jan growing up with a different meaning attached to easter. easter eggs, easter bunny… that sort of thing…
but yes, you’re right. there are still those who observe the religious context… again, just like with christmas…
March 30th, 2005 at
kaka-miss ang kasiyahan sa atin kapag mahal na araw….palagi ako dati nanonood ng “madugong” penetensya…..
ganda naman ng ginawa ninyo ni Jan….alam mo, hindi yung itsura nung itlog o nung puno ang maaalala nya paglaki nya…ang matatanim sa isip nya eh iyong panahon na ginugol ninyong mag-ina sa pag-buo ng mga bagay-bagay….time well spent!!
March 31st, 2005 at
ibang-iba nga ang easter celebration dyan. i think di na rin lahat traditional sa ‘pinas. lalo an dito sa LB. susme! nagiging excuse na nga ang holy week para magbakasyon. i grew up with no traditions attached to holy week. pagdating sa occasion na ‘to di nag-o-observe na “rituals” magulang ko. but instead like Christmas, family get-together lang. which is actually good.
March 31st, 2005 at
rhada: sana nga… nauubusan na nga ako ng ideas for indoor activities eh… maulan kasi the last days, pero hopefully, magtuloy-tuloy na ang sunny spring days soon…
glo, nagiging uso na nga rin ang easter egg hunt sa pinas di ba? pretty weird, kasi wala namang spring sa pinas, hehe… pero alam mo, the good thing abt holy week dyan is everything is, for once, on a standstill. walang pasok, walang palabas sa TV, sarado ang malls at sinehan. tipong wala kang choice kundi magpahinga.
March 31st, 2005 at
oo sa St. Therese chapel may easter egg hunt na din sila. tapos may giveaway easter egg pa for infants and smaller kids who can’t join the hunt yet. o di ba? ay sinabi mo pa…hibernate mode talaga pag holy week. dito sa IRRI wenesday pa lang bakasyon na.
October 3rd, 2006 at
cpobpbimf…
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