Monday, April 9, 2007

Monday of Easter

People know that Easter is a christian holiday. Catholic church calls tridium the tree days of celebration: holy thursday, good friday and holy saturaday, and then the sunday of Easter. In Madagascar, furthermore, people celebrate the monday of Easter as a very big holiday.
On monday of Easter, in Madagascar, every offices are closed such as bank, schools...It is a holiday for everybody, christian, no christian... People go out for picnic. Some organize picnic with friends, some with family, some with relatives, some with coworkers, some with groups...People enjoy this holiday. The most important thing is going out and eat there. For the people who do not like to go, just take a little walk around after noon in the same place that most of people go because some people organize sports or another activities after eating.
However, the weakness of this holiday is the gap diferent between people who have something to bring and the poor. For example, the middle classes drive, bring good food and drink while the poor walk and bring just the rice and meat. When they come to the place, always the same level gather together while the poor separete themeselves. The majority of the people are in the same level, I mean poor, so the separation is not a big deal.
Monday of Easter is one of the biggest holiday in Madagascar. It is a traditional christian holiday but become popular. Children and youth like it so much.

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