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

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 ...

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 ...

Christians around the world have continued with Easter celebrations ... social distancing rules are in place across areas of Germany. Clergy at a church in Oberhausen held their service in ...

An Easter celebration cannot take place without youthful games ... first person to note Lviv’s haiłki traditions was not a Ukrainian, but a Czech writer of German heritage – Karel František Vladislav ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has cancelled plans for a strict lockdown over Easter, just a day after the measures were announced. Calling the plan a "mistake", Mrs Merkel said she took ...

This report contains a range of selected statistics about Easter in Germany, with a chapter on Easter in Austria. In addition to surveys about observing Easter traditions and customs, it also ...