‘German Culture & More’ posts on Religious procession, Ostersonntag
Germany: The Ostersonntag in Upper Lusatia, also called Saxony and Osterreiten, is an Easter Riding Religious procession of Christians in the form of a procession. The Ostersonntag attracts thousands of spectators every year on Easter Sunday.
EXCLUSIVE: How Germans Celebrate Easter Nights
The Easter Fires, also called the Paschal fires or Osterfeuer in German, began to light up in the winter night sky with the dusk on Holy Saturday evening till it dawns on Easter Sunday, with Heralding spring, life and birth while dispelling spirits and the last traces of winter. These Fires are chasing away winter in many German and Northern European regions.