Top 10 Easter Traditions Around the World

On Easter Monday, Poles drench each other with water — originally a fertility ritual, now a full-scale national water fight. Boys traditionally wake girls by splashing them at dawn.

The White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn has been a tradition since 1878. Across America, millions of eggs are hidden in backyards and parks for children to find.

Effigies of Judas Iscariot are stuffed with fireworks and burned in public squares on Easter Saturday — a cathartic tradition combining religious drama with spectacular pyrotechnics.

Australia replaced the Easter Bunny with the Greater Bilby — a native marsupial — in 1991. Chocolate bilbies are sold to raise conservation funds. The bunny is a pest in Australia.

The village of Haux makes a giant Easter Monday omelette from over 4,500 eggs to feed the entire town in the main square. A tradition dating back to when Napoleon demanded a massive omelette from local farmers.

A cart loaded with fireworks is ignited by a mechanical dove flying from the altar of the Duomo on Easter Sunday — a tradition dating to the First Crusade in 1099.

Children dress as Easter witches and go door-to-door with decorated willow twigs to receive sweets — a mix of pre-Christian folklore and Easter tradition unique to Scandinavia.

Bermudians fly homemade kites on Good Friday — said to originate from a teacher who used a kite to explain the Ascension to students. The island fills with thousands of colourful kites.

Czech boys weave whips from willow branches and gently tap girls on Easter Monday to wish them health and beauty — girls reward them with painted eggs and ribbons. Controversial but deeply traditional.