[Hymn #14]

[a_severed_fate]

I was browsing through some of the reference books in the library and came across a mention of some holiday that is presumably celebrated around this time.

Does anyone have this "Easter" where they come from?
If so, what's it like? I'm curious.

Comments

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[death_the_dad]

From what I understand:

A God of a particular world had a son! This son died to atone for that world's sins~

Apparently! He was reincarnated as a rabbit that hides colored eggs.

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[death_the_dad]

I can't admit to understanding it myself, yoho~

It all seems quite strange to me! Quite, quite~

Re: 2/2

[a_severed_fate]

That does seem a bit strange. I don't understand why someone would hide colored eggs. Or why one would color eggs to begin with.

However, dying for the sake of an entire world in order to save it from corruption... that's really admirable. I don't know if I could do something like that, so I think this person must be incredibly kind and gracious.

And... he must make a very handsome rabbit...

[death_the_dad]

Perhaps it's some sort of strange game...

[totallynotaspaz]

All you really need to know about it is that you get lots of chocolate!

[a_severed_fate]

Lots of chocolate, huh? That sounds pretty nice.

[totallynotaspaz]

It is!

There's supposed to be some religious thing behind it involving Jesus, but I don't really know much about that bit. It doesn't matter too much, since it's pretty much celebrated for the chocolate now anyway.

[a_severed_fate]

Hm. In a way that seems kind of disappointing.

I mean, chocolate's a fine reason to celebrate, but it's a shame that the actual religious significance behind Easter (at least I'm assuming it started out that way?) is being forgotten.

Mr. Shinigami said it might have something to do with a sacrifice to save the world and a rabbit?

[sortavaluable]

Never heard of it... or at least, I don't think I have.

[a_severed_fate]

It's all right. I had never heard of it before either.

I wonder what holidays the island celebrates.

[fontaku]

Oh! I hadn't heard of it before, but I read about it, too, and decided to look it up in more detail.

It's a major part of a religion called Christianity, but apparently in modern times the rituals they use to celebrate it don't have much to do with what originally happened. I read that they borrowed parts of it from an older religion, but I couldn't find much on where most of this stuff came from.

[a_severed_fate]

Hrm.
None of it rings any bells, anyway, but from what everyone has said, it seems pretty interesting.

Chocolate, colored eggs, a reincarnated rabbit...

I still think Mr. Shinigami's story about the son of a certain God dying to save the world from corruption and sin is the most fascinating, though. But the thought is a little unsettling too... how could they sacrifice someone for everyone else's problems? That's not fair. People should accept the consequences of their own actions.

I read something else today about a celebration next month... Something about a May Pole...

This calendar is just crammed full of festivals and rituals. It's a little ridiculous.