SCHLEIFE, Germany — Anke Hanusch dips her tool into dark blue wax and dots it precisely on a yellow-dyed Easter egg in her hand. Back and forth, wax to egg, egg to wax, as the honeycomb pattern grows.

ELSTERHEIDE, Germany -- A small Slavic minority in eastern Germany is keeping alive a long, intricate tradition of hand-painted Easter eggs that's been passed down by Sorbian families for generations.

A woman of Germany’s Slavic-speaking Sorbian ethnic minority decorates a traditional Sorbian Easter Egg at a Easter Market in Schleife, Germany, on April 6, 2025. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber SCHLEIFE, ...

Celebrate Pennsylvania German Easter traditions and the folk culture of the region at Easter on the Farm on Saturday, April 12. Held at the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown ...

Easter traditions from the mysterious Easter Bunny to egg hunts often spark questions. How did a rabbit become associated with the Easter season? Why does it deliver eggs, of all things? The answers ...

As Christian faithful around the world prepare to culminate the Easter holiday tomorrow, April 20, many may reflect on the meaning of Easter and the traditions tied to it. Easter, observed as the ...