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Yesterday morning - the service and consecration of Easter food - passed very well, expecially for such a zombie I was that time. I even managed to keep a little paper icon the priest put on my bread, although being back home I managed to lose it. And looking for it I first found a card of the same size that said Detective XXXX, Criminal Investigator, Division X - Team X. For a moment I was ready to believe in existence of were-cops (or, even better, because the Chinese for it has a real animal connotation - were-gous) who wanted to stole the Easter.
It was raining - pouring - the whole day yesterday, so the consecration was held in the hall in the church basement. In Wukelan the Easter food - the first humble meal after the Great Lent - consists of two kinds of egg bread, one is just a bit sour, theother is a bit sour and very sweet, some ham, cheese, sausage, butter, eggs - some painted in one color, the others are elaborately decorated, and one is broken in half to show the yolk; then there is a "symbolic" vegetarian part: horseradish, beetroots, onions. There also must be a candle. Then everyone is free to add any flowers or pussywillows to the basket. Every family brought a basket or two with this traditional set, and there were, I would say, about 150 baskets. So you may imagine the flavour filling the hall! I regret I didn't bring my camera to capture those still lives, but I'm afraid that time if I would not forget my camera there, I could forget my head.
It was raining - pouring - the whole day yesterday, so the consecration was held in the hall in the church basement. In Wukelan the Easter food - the first humble meal after the Great Lent - consists of two kinds of egg bread, one is just a bit sour, theother is a bit sour and very sweet, some ham, cheese, sausage, butter, eggs - some painted in one color, the others are elaborately decorated, and one is broken in half to show the yolk; then there is a "symbolic" vegetarian part: horseradish, beetroots, onions. There also must be a candle. Then everyone is free to add any flowers or pussywillows to the basket. Every family brought a basket or two with this traditional set, and there were, I would say, about 150 baskets. So you may imagine the flavour filling the hall! I regret I didn't bring my camera to capture those still lives, but I'm afraid that time if I would not forget my camera there, I could forget my head.