Pimped-up Easter Eggs

Easter is something of a big deal in Lithuania. Today, on Easter Sunday, people dressed to their nines and trouped down to the many churches in town. But it’s not all pomp and circumstance. Eggs are, as in many other places, used as a symbol of the season – perhaps, again, more linked to non-Christian traditions than the Christian one that is celebrated these days. In Lithuania, there is the traditional dyed eggs used for egg hunts, but also more elaborate ones, sometimes made from wood to be more durable, that serve as more adult Easter decorations. Elsewhere, the typically Lithuanian verbos, or easter palms, and tulips, as well as assorted chicken-esque furry things in shades of green and yellow, serve as ornaments in windows and shops all over town.