Germany's Carnival season gets under way on Monday, with tens of thousands of revellers expected once again in the western ...

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Colouring hens' eggs is a typical Christian custom at Easter time. But other cultures also decorate eggs. Here in Australia, the Aborigines were already decorating emu eggs over 150 years ago ...

Throngs of revelers in costumes took to the streets of Germany’s Carnival strongholds to celebrate the start of carnival ...

Easter is just around the corner. In Franconian Switzerland, north-east of Nuremberg, the Easter fountains are being decorated these days. Volunteers paint thousands of eggs in various sizes.

As you marvel at the rich traditions of egg dyeing, you might wonder how the popular Easter egg hunts came into play. Well, the practice dates back to the 1700s, introduced by German immigrants to ...

Germany has extended its lockdown for three weeks, imposing an almost complete halt over the Easter holiday in response to a third wave of coronavirus infections. After talks with regional leaders ...