SCHLEIFE, Germany — Anke Hanusch dips her tool into dark blue wax and dots it precisely on a yellow-dyed Easter egg in her hand. Back and forth, wax to egg, egg to wax, as the honeycomb pattern grows.

ELSTERHEIDE, Germany -- A small Slavic minority in eastern Germany is keeping alive a long, intricate tradition of hand-painted Easter eggs that's been passed down by Sorbian families for generations.

A woman of Germany’s Slavic-speaking Sorbian ethnic minority decorates a traditional Sorbian Easter Egg at a Easter Market in Schleife, Germany, on April 6, 2025. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber SCHLEIFE, ...

Holiday traditions feel timeless, like they’ve always existed in their current form. Families gather around Christmas trees.

Easter traditions from the mysterious Easter Bunny to egg hunts often spark questions. How did a rabbit become associated with the Easter season? Why does it deliver eggs, of all things? The answers ...

Celebrate Pennsylvania German Easter traditions and the folk culture of the region at Easter on the Farm on Saturday, April 12. Held at the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown ...