Easter is one of the happiest times of the year. In Spain The Holy Week is very important, whereas Easter passes a little unnoticed. The elderly people tell us how it was celebrated years ago: girls wore new dresses and vichy shoes; groups of young people and families went picnic to the countryside and eat Easter sausage and “mona” and many people used to fly kites.
Easter “mona” is a typical sweet from the Mediterranean area with a hard-boiled egg in it which has to be cracked on another’s forehead, so tradition says. Or instead it may have dusted sugar and then is usually eaten with chocolate.
Nowadays tradition of eating the Easter sausage and the “mona” are maintained. Bakers compete for making the most spectacular chocolate figure, though the typical thing is the chocolate rabbit for children.
Y en la Comunidad Valenciana es típico salir a volar la cometa o catxirulo, como se le llama en valenciano. En la ciudad de Valencia se celebra cada año en la playa, durante el primer fin de semana de Pascua, el Festival Internacional de Cometas. Nosotros solemos ir, es espectacular.
And at the Valencian Community it’s typical to go flying kites or “catxirulos”, as they are called in Valencian. In the city of Valencia the International Kite Festival is celebrated every year at the beach, during the first weekend of Easter. We use to go and it’s amazing.
