How to play with Easter Eggs

Easter Sunday is almost here, as well as the many traditions that brings with it.
To make this holiday even more enjoyable we're going to tell you some of the most funny games held all over the world.

The Egg Tapping is a traditional game of Easter Day. The rules are simple: you have to hold two eggs and beat'em up against each other. Who breaks their eggs loses.



In many places in Louisiana, the fight with the eggs (called egg-knocking or egg-pacqueing) is an important event. In the past, a few crooks used guinea fowl's eggs, which are similar but have a harder shell. Today, there's a separate category for guinea fowl eggs fights. The preparation of the challenge has evolved over the years into a true science. People know which breeds of chicken will produce the hardest eggs. The chickens need a lot of exercise and must be feed foods rich in calcium. Even boiled eggs is a serious issue here. There's a rule that the winner has to break the eggs and eat them, to prove they didn't cheat.

Instead, in the U.S., the famous Easter Egg Roll is an annual event held in the gardens of the White house every Easter Monday for the children and their parents.

The game itself is a race where kids push an egg on the grass with a long spoon. During the event is scheduled the appearance of an inhabitant of the White House in the role of Easter Bunny.



The Egg Dance is a traditional Easter game in which eggs are laid on the ground or floor and the goal is to dance among them damaging as few as possible. The egg was a symbol of the rebirth of the earth in Pagan celebrations of spring and was adopted by early Christians as a symbol of the rebirth of man at Easter.

Another form of egg dancing was a springtime game depicted at the painting of Pieter Aertsen. The goal was to roll an egg out of a bowl while keeping within a circle drawn by chalk and then flip the bowl to cover the egg. This had to be done with the feet without touching the other objects placed on the floor.



Going back to Easter Bunny, according to tradition, this curious character hides colored eggs in the grass of the garden, and only children who behaved well will have the luck to find them. For this reason, on Easter morning, families organize The Egg Hunt! Actually it is the parents, of course, that hide the eggs during the night before, but the kids have a lot of fun looking for them, and competing to see who finds more.