This episode covers a few unique religious and nonreligious Easter traditions throughout Europe. Grateful to my friend, Michal Novovesky, for sharing a tradition from his home country of Slovakia. If you learn something from this episode, please consider sharing it, and reviewing the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. 

Transcript for this episode.

Links for Visuals: 

Slovakian Tradition of Water and Whips (Video)

Pysanky - Ukrainian Painted Eggs (Article) 

Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Seville, Spain (Video) 

Easter Egg Traditions in Europe (Video)

Holy Fire - (Live Video) 

Special thanks to friends Dallin and Whitlie for help with pronunciation and extra tips on Ukrainian Easter, and Emily for help with German pronunciation.

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