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islander · « **on:** March 27, 2013, 02:40:45 PM »

In many Christian churches, Palm Sunday is marked by the distribution of palm leaves (often tied into crosses) to the assembled worshippers.

The difficulty of procuring palms for that day's ceremonies in unfavorable climates for palms led to the substitution of boughs of box, yew, willow, olive, or other native trees. The Sunday was often designated by the names of these trees, as Yew Sunday, or by the general term Branch Sunday. (wikipedia)

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islander · « **Reply #1 on:** March 27, 2013, 02:46:19 PM »

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islander · « **Reply #2 on:** March 27, 2013, 02:51:15 PM »

Belgium

In Hoegaarden one of the last remaining Palm Sunday processions take place every year. A fellowship of Twelve Apostles carries a wooden statue of Christ around the town, while children go door to door offering the palms (box) for coins. (wikipedia)

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islander · « **Reply #3 on:** March 27, 2013, 02:54:20 PM »

Bulgaria

In Bulgaria, Palm Sunday is known as Tsvetnitsa (tsvete is flower) or Vrabnitsa (varba is willow). People with flower-related names, (for example Tsvetelina, Tsvetelin, Tsvetana, Tsvetan, Tsvetko, Margarita, Ralitsa, Lilia, Violeta, Yavor, Zdravko, Zjumbjul, Nevena, Temenuzhka, Rosa etc.) celebrate this day as their "name day". (wikipedia)

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islander · « **Reply #4 on:** March 27, 2013, 03:00:49 PM »

Finland

In Finland, it is popular for children to dress up as Easter witches and go door to door in neighborhoods for coins and candy. It is an old Karelian custom called Virpominen. (wikipedia)

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islander · « **Reply #5 on:** March 27, 2013, 03:11:21 PM »

India

In the South Indian state of Kerala, (and in Indian Orthodox, Church of South India(CSI), Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, and Syrian Orthodox Church (Jacobite) congregations elsewhere in India and throughout the West), flowers are strewn about into the sanctuary on Palm Sunday during the reading of the Gospel at the words uttered by the crowd welcoming Jesus, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who is come and is to come in the name of the Lord God." These words are read to the congregation thrice. The congregation then repeats, "Hosanna!" and the flowers are scattered.

Flowers (in this instance marigolds) strewn about the sanctuary in an Oriental Orthodox church in Mumbai, India on Palm Sunday

This echoes pre-Christian Hindu celebrations in which flowers are strewn on festive occasions; however, this also echoes the honour shown to Jesus upon his entry into Jerusalem. Indian Orthodoxy traces its roots to the arrival in India of St. Thomas the Apostle in AD 52 (according to tradition) and his evangelism among both the Brahmans of the Malabar Coast and the ancient Jewish community there. Its rites and ceremonies are both Hindu and Jewish, as well as Levantine Christian, in origin.

In Syro-Malabar Catholic Church's palm leaves are blessed during Palm Sunday ceremony and a Procession will take place holding the palms. (wikipedia)

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islander · « **Reply #6 on:** March 27, 2013, 03:27:22 PM »

Italy

In Italy palm leaves are used along with small olive branches, readily available in the Mediterranean climate. These are placed at the entrance of houses (for instance, hanging above the door) to last until the following year's Palm Sunday. For this reason, usually palm leaves are not used whole, due to their size; instead, leave stripes are braided into smaller shapes. Small olive branches are also often used to decorate traditional Easter cakes, along with other symbols of birth, like eggs. (wikipedia)

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fdaray · « **Reply #7 on:** March 27, 2013, 03:51:27 PM »

Why are some countries has different way of celebrating Palm Sunday?

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islander · « **Reply #8 on:** March 27, 2013, 03:58:49 PM »

Latvia

In Latvia, Palm Sunday is called "Pussy Willow Sunday", and pussy willows â€“ symbolizing new life â€“ are blessed and distributed to the faithful. Children are often woken that morning with ritualistic swats of a willow branch. (wikipedia)

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islander · « **Reply #9 on:** March 27, 2013, 04:00:34 PM »

Why are some countries has different way of celebrating Palm Sunday?

local culture steps in, as well as local plants.

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islander · « **Reply #10 on:** March 27, 2013, 04:15:48 PM »

Lithuania

When Christianity came to Lithuania, plants which sprouted earliest were honored during spring feasts. the name "Palm Sunday", is a misnomer, the "verba" or "dwarfed spuce" is used instead. According to tradition, on the Saturday before Palm Sunday the Lithuanians take special care in choosing and cutting well-formed branches, which the women-folk decorate with flowers. They flowers are meticulously tied onto the branch, making the "Verba". Palm Sunday and Kaziuko mugÄ— are celebrated together. (wikipedia)

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islander · « **Reply #11 on:** March 27, 2013, 04:20:18 PM »

Malta

All the parishes of Malta and Gozo on Palm Sunday (in Maltese Ä¦add il-Palm) bless the palm leaves and the olive leaves. Those parishes that have the statues of Good Friday bless the olive tree they put on the statues of "Jesus prays in the Olive Garden" (Ä esÃ¹ fl-Ort) and the "Betrayal of Judas" (il-Bewsa ta' Ä uda). Also, many people take a small branch of olive to their homes because it is a sacramental. (wikipedia)

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islander · « **Reply #12 on:** March 27, 2013, 04:47:21 PM »

The Levant

In Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria, Palm Sunday â€“ known as Shaa'nineh in Arabic- is perhaps the best-attended service in the Christian Calendar, among the Orthodox, Catholic (Latin rite and Eastern rite), Maronite and Anglican Churches, perhaps because it is notably a family occasion. On this day, children attend church with branches from olive and palm trees. Also, there will be carefully woven crosses and other symbols made from palm fronds and roses. There will normally be a procession at the beginning of the service and at some point, the priest will take an olive branch and splash holy water on the faithful. (wikipedia)

for palm sunday, woven palm fronds in palestine

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islander · « **Reply #13 on:** March 27, 2013, 04:59:35 PM »

Netherlands

In the Saxon regions of the Netherlands, crosses are decorated with candy and bread, made in the form of a rooster. In the diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden, a great procession with oil lamps is held the night before Palm Sunday in honour of the Sorrowful Mother of Warfhuizen. (wikipedia)

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islander · « **Reply #14 on:** March 27, 2013, 05:04:18 PM »

Philippines

In the Philippines, communities re-enact Jesus' triumphal entry with a procession. A statue of Christ astride a donkey (the humenta) or the officiating priest on horseback processes around or towards the local church along with congregants bearing ornately woven palaspas (palm branches). In some towns, elderly women spread heirloom tapis ("aprons" made for this sole purpose) or large cloths along the route. Children dressed as angels sometimes sing the Osana ("Hosanna") whilst strewing flowers about. (wikipedia)

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islander · « **Reply #15 on:** March 27, 2013, 05:08:07 PM »

Poland

A palm in Åyse, Poland.

Many Polish towns and villages (the best known are Lipnica Murowana in MaÅ‚opolska and Åyse) organize artificial palm competitions. The biggest of those reach above 30 meters in length; for example, the highest palm in 2008 was 33.39 meters high. (wikipedia)

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islander · « **Reply #16 on:** March 27, 2013, 05:26:10 PM »

Romania and Moldova

In Romania and Moldova, Palm Sunday is known as Duminica Floriilor or simply Florii, translating Flowers' Sunday. (wikipedia)

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islander · « **Reply #17 on:** March 27, 2013, 05:31:36 PM »

Spain

In Elche, Spain, the location of the biggest palm grove in Europe, there is a tradition of tying and covering palm leaves to whiten them away from sunlight and then drying and braiding them in elaborate shapes. (wikipedia)

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Antonio Banderas attends the Maria Santisima de lagrimas y favores procesion during Holy Week celebration on March 24, 2013 in Malaga, Spain. Photo: Europa Press, Europa Press Via Getty Images

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