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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Happy Easter?



Easter is a surprising vague concept here in Nicaragua.  As a country that is overwhelmingly Christian (80+%), Easter frankly doesn’t seem to exist.  Instead, the emphasis of the holiday seems to be put on “Holy Friday”.  As I mentioned last year, it is a national holiday celebrated with parades.  The tone is much less somber than the USA’s Good Friday – people are happy that Jesus died for them.  Therefore, I guess it makes the celebration of Easter unnecessary?  I’ve said feliz Pascua and como paso su Pascua to people and have generally received blank stares leading me to believe that many people are completely unfamiliar with the concept.

Anywho, happy Easter!

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