Dawley Town Council have a fun-packed Easter event planned in Dawley High Street Telford on April 6th 1.30-3.30pm.
We will be providing Easter themed face painting and balloon modelling and fellow colleagues Midzkids will be there with mini disco and games. Come and get your face painted as a cute Bunny and take a balloon bunny home with you.
Its set to be a great event which is free for everyone with an Easter Egg hunt around Dawley High Street and lots of chocolate - just turn up on the day and register at Dawley Council Office at 35 High Street.
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To book face painting or balloon modelling at your next Telford or Shrewsbury event please contact us or call us on 07770 597596
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WHY DO WE HIDE EGGS AT EASTER?
In many pre-Christian societies eggs held associations with spring and new life. Early Christians adapted these beliefs, making the egg a symbol of the resurrection and the empty shell a metaphor for Jesus’ tomb.
In the medieval period eating eggs was forbidden during Lent, the 40 day period before Easter. On Easter Sunday the fast ended with feasting and merriment, and eggs were considered an important part of these celebrations. This was especially true for poorer people who couldn’t afford meat. Eggs were also given to the church as Good Friday offerings, and villagers often gave eggs as gifts to the lord of the manor at Easter. Royals got involved with this tradition too – in 1290 Edward I purchased 450 eggs to be decorated with colours or gold leaf and then distributed to his household.
Find out more about why we have Easter eggs.
The custom of the Easter egg hunt, however, comes from Germany. Some suggest that its origins date back to the late 16th century, when the Protestant reformer Martin Luther organised egg hunts for his congregation. The men would hide the eggs for the women and children to find. This was a nod to the story of the resurrection, in which the empty tomb was discovered by women.
In the German Lutheran tradition the Easter egg hunt is linked to the Easter Bunny – or the Easter Hare as he was originally known. The first written reference to the Easter Hare was in 1682 in Georg Franck von Franckenau’s essay, De ovis paschalibus (‘About Easter eggs’). However links between hares and rabbits and Easter go back earlier in central Europe. Hares were associated with fertility and with the Virgin Mary, and sometimes appear in paintings of the Virgin and Christ Child, and also in illuminated manuscripts. Custom had it that the hare would bring a basket of brightly painted eggs for all the children who had been good, and these would be hidden around the house and garden for the children to find.
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