Craft Your Perfect Easter Adventure – Embrace the Enchantment of Spring!

This year, Easter celebrations will commence on Palm Sunday, April 13 and wrap up on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025. Attendees can enjoy various activities such as Easter fairs, showcases of traditional crafts, delightful parades, egg decorating, and a mix of both popular and lesser-known Easter traditions.

The most well-known symbol of Easter is typically the decorated egg, which signifies fertility and the arrival of new life. At various fairs, around festive dinner tables, and during tours of charming folk cottages and grand chateaux, you can spot a stunning variety of eggs, including painted and scratched eggs, dyed in onion skins, etched, forged, wire or perforated eggs. These creative yet beautiful techniques create eggs that appear to be woven from delicate lace.

Easter traditions also feature unique items like graters, grinders, wheelbarrows, shredders, and various instruments whose sole purpose is to create noise, serving as a substitute for the customary ringing of church bells, which, according to tradition, stops on Maundy Thursday and is said to fly to Rome. Before the Bells on White Saturday ring out once more to the tune of the Gloria, why not join the classic bell ringing procession? And let’s not forget about crafting pom poms – usually made from willow twigs! Are you aware of which willow type provides the best materials, or what could be used as an alternative? Make sure to prepare well for Easter Monday. Importantly, keep in mind that during a Leap Year, which begins this year, the Easter pommel turns occur. Girls not only sing carols but also have the delightful right to ‘pay off’ the boys!

Join in on the Easter 2025 festivities in the Czech Republic by exploring traditional and new customs, visiting open-air museums, painting Easter eggs, and enjoying special activities at popular tourist spots.

Overview of Easter 2025

• Easter Sunday Date:

  • Celebrated on April 20, 2025

Festivities and Activities

• Easter Celebrations Include:

  • Fairs and traditional markets

  • Displays of ancient crafts

  • Lively Easter parades

  • Egg decorating sessions

  • Various other Easter traditions

Symbolism and Traditional Elements

• Decorated Eggs:

  • Renowned symbol of Easter

  • Embody themes of fertility and new beginnings

• Pomlázka:

  • Traditional tool crafted using willow twigs

  • In leap years, the tradition shifts so that girls not only sing carols but also “pay off” the boys

Unique Observances on Maundy Thursday

• Substitution of Church Bells:

  • Instead of ringing church bells, various instruments are used:

    • Rattleers

    • Grinders

    • Wheelbarrows

    • Shakers

Tourist Attractions and Authentic Experiences

• Places to Visit During Easter:

  • Open-air museums (e.g., the Podorlický open-air museum in Krňovice)

  • Zoos and other attractions that offer special Easter programs

Easter Markets and Crafts

• Easter Market Significance:

  • Key part of the celebrations

  • Offer traditional items, crafts, food, and customs

• Egg Decorating Techniques:

  • Painting

  • Scratching

  • Dyeing with onion peels

  • Decorating with wax