Whether it's setting giant rolling wheels ablaze, or decorating their 'Easter trees', Germans have some quite amusing traditions to entertain themselves during Easter. Easter traditions follow the religious calendar with Friday a day of mourning (the crucifixion of Christ) before Easter Sunday marking his resurrection. If you really want to celebrate like a true German, let this list be your guide. It actually comes from the old German word grunen or greinen, meaning to cry, as theologian Ingolf Hübner told Spiegel. This is called the Osterräderlauf - Easter wheel run.

Source: The Local April 11, 2017 07:41 UTC