A spicy Easter Tango; The convo got thickened.

In light of the occasion of this season which is Easter Celebration, I decided to attend a hangout last night where we took turns to talk about a couple of things about Easter Celebration. Attending that was an interesting event because it was an opportunity to see what others think about Easter, what it individually signifies to them, and the sort of Easter tradition they adopt during this season.

I shared my thoughts and experience too and I will use this post as an opportunity to have those thoughts saved in the Blockchain. We will be digging into 2 out of the 3 questions that were presented in the hangout;

What is the significance of the Easter Celebration to you?

As a Christian and a Catholic, Easter season is the time of the year devoted to celebrating the biblical death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The build-up to this grand occasion starts 40 days before Easter and that exact day is Ash Wednesday. Interestingly, this year's Ash Wednesday aligned with Valentine's Day. I can still remember that day, 14th February, and how excited I was to attend Ash Wednesday Mass.

The period between Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday usually marks the duration of Lenten season and that's the season when we are encouraged to engage in fasting and praying. For someone like myself who usually spends the first 70% of my day without eating a meal, I don't usually count that as my fasting during the build-up to easter. Instead, I choose to deprive myself of certain things which I enjoy doing.

For this year's Easter celebration, I cut down on a couple of things and I genuinely felt the impact of staying off from those things. In addition to that, I devoted each day of the Lenten season to engaging in acts of kindness.

Do you have any special Easter traditions with your family?

Oh, yeah! I'm born into a Catholic home where we take these occasions seriously. Mum will always remind us to go for Stations of the Cross each Friday during Lenten season and we always participated in the full activities of the holy week. Even though I didn't spend a lot of time at home while growing up because I was admitted into a boarding school when I was 10/11, I always came home during Easter to celebrate the occasion with my family.

Once it's Easter day, Mum usually cooks something really special for the family and we get to eat Chicken. Haha. Eating Chicken is always special at home because it's not something that happens often. We only get to eat chicken once in a while. Now that I'm all grown and facing life, it's not always possible for me to travel back home for Easter celebrations. I couldn't even travel for it this Easter.

However, I tried to make the season remarkable for me. I did a fair share of Lenten activities although I didn't do something special on Easter day. All I did was work and then go out to enjoy two football games. Haha. I didn't even cook something nice to eat. That's exactly what adulthood did to me. Thankfully, finance wasn't the issue. I just didn't feel like cooking anything. Instead, I ate out and thanked God for his blessings.

It's still the Easter season, right? Enjoy!

Thanks For Not Missing Any Full-stop or Comma.
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