Easter

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Easter is festival of the Christianity, which celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his Crucifixion. It's by Christianity incorporated origin is the celebration of the Ostara, the Germanic goddess of fertility and rebirth, with her symbols of rabbits and eggs, after long resistance from the church, becoming the "Easter Bunny and "Easter eggs". In paganism, the hare is a symbol of fertility; He is said to be Ostara's companion and hides colorful eggs on behalf of the Germanic gods as a symbol of the re-emergence of natural forces due to the annual cycle. The first mentions of the "Easter Bunny" come from 1678 by Dr. med. Georg Franck from Franckenau, a medical professor from Heidelberg in the Duchy of Baden (Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation).

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