"Turkey's Christians display wealth of diverse Easter practices
Saturday, April 23, 2011
VERCİHAN ZİFLİOĞLU
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
With a diverse array of superstitions, traditions and customs, Anatolian Christians used to practice a variety of Easter traditions. Syriacs in the southeast used to burn threads in ovens to symbolize the resurrection, while Armenians painted eggs and burned beeswax prepared on Holy Saturday. Greeks in Istanbul, meanwhile, used to have open-air feasts on Easter Sunday"
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