Easter

The Thursday before Easter is called Clean Thursday.

According to the tradition one should bathe before sunrise on this day and a house must be clean too.

When do women of the family bake “paska”,  Easter bread?

children dye Easter eggs

What do they bless in church?

Easter basket

It includes pysanka, salt, paska, sausage

and ham.

Usually people say: “Christ is risen!”.

All the people exchange Easter greetings and give each other painted eggs (krashanky).

Easter cake is baked in the form of cylinder.