Easter in Western Christianity
Easter in Western Christianity is held on April 20. Første påskedag in Norway. This event in the second decade of the month April is annual. 
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Easter is the oldest among Christian holidays. The history of Easter began in the 2nd century. Easter also called Pascha or Resurrection Sunday is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus from the tomb on the third day after his crucifixion. In Western Christianity, Eastertide, or the Easter Season, begins on Easter Sunday and lasts seven weeks,ending with the coming of the 50th day, Pentecost Sunday.
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Holy Saturday on April 19
Beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 on April 19
Streetfood Festival at Easter in Bad Zwischenahn on April 19 (Starts on Holy Saturday, lasts 3 days);
Hanover Spring Festival on April 19
Homburg Easter Fair on April 19
Bayreuth Spring Festival on April 19
BIE-happy spring fair in Bielefeld on April 19
Cologne Spring Folk Festival on April 19
Easter folk festival “Auf der Freiheit” in Herford on April 19
Iserlohn Easter Fair on April 19
Hagen Easter Fair on April 19
Düsseldorf Easter Fair on April 19
Mönchengladbach Easter Fair on April 19
Nuremberg Spring Festival on April 19
Spring Bend Aachen on April 19
Dutch-American Friendship Day on April 19 (United States);
Brazilian Army Day on April 19 (Dia do Indio or Dia do Exército);
Indian Day in Brazil on April 19
Augsburg Plärrer on April 20 (Held twice a year - in the spring from Easter Sunday and in late summer from the end of August);
Ridwan Day in Iraq on April 20 (in Islamic angelology, Ridwan is the guardian of Paradise and the head of the host of guardian angels of Paradise. Literally translated “satisfied, pleased.” It is not mentioned in the Qur'an and Tafsir, but is mentioned in the earlier hadiths describing Paradise);
Dancing Cow Day in Denmark on April 20 (On the third Sunday of April);
Easter Monday on April 21 (Påskedag in Norway);
Sechseläuten in Zurich on April 21 (the third Monday in April);
Tiradentes' Day in Brazil on April 21 (Joaquim José da Silva Xavier known as Tiradentes);
Dyngus Day on April 21 (It is very popular in Poland, as well as in Polish communities across America)20 April in different thematic calendars → Bermuda, Brazil, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Germany, Grenada, Honduras, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Namibia, Nicaragua, Norway, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Zambia
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