The Easter is one of the oldest Christian annual celebrations. It is connected to many customs at the sorbish peoples and wendish peoples. We would like to introduce some of this to you here. Easter is the awakening of the nature, the beginning of the springtime.

Easter eggs symbolize the vitality waking up in the Spreewald, decorated artistically. 2 to 3 adorned Easter eggs always are part of the godfather presents for children. Today, numerous easter traditions still are cared for, too. So the Waleien still is part of a popular easter tradition of the children. In the night on the Easter Sunday the bonfires lit on Easter Saturday burn in many places of the Spreewald. They shall ban the winter definitely.