Egg rolling

The Easter Slide, colloquially mostly just eggs Slide, Upper Sorbian Jejkakulenje, is a for over 400 years in Bautzen on Easter Sunday exercised custom. In addition to the Easter ride and the Sorbian eggs painting this custom main tourist attraction of the city is at Easter time.

The event will take place on Protschenberg above the Spree place opposite the old city of Bautzen, and was first mentioned as egg rolls already in 1550. The forms and rules were varied:

In the original form of children were eggs and other things roll from wealthy families down from the slope, which were collected from children of poor families.

At later times, the eggs pushing for all children was similarly organized. Hard-boiled eggs, apples, oranges or other halfway round objects were rolled down the mountain. The children of Bautzen and the surrounding area were on the slopes of the mountain and tried to collect the items.

In a modified form of children's eggs were rolling down the slope. The winner was the one whose egg remained intact, the longest distance laid back, or who at the end of most unbroken eggs had left.

Today we used colorful plastic balls that can be redeemed for prizes.

Slide eggs in other places

The Easter Slide is also known in Eastern Styria. In parts of Brandenburg (eg Brandenburg an der Havel and in Prignitz ) and in the Altmark one practices this tradition under the name " Easter eggs coast down" from.

In pearl mountain ( Prignitz ) the hard-boiled eggs down in competition successively the slope are " trundled ". Whose egg is rolled shortest, all the eggs of the group must collect and bring up the slope again. Eggs with damaged shell must be consumed immediately. Due to the small number of suitable areas ( there are few surveys ) takes some concentration of " Eiertrudler " with folk festival character in certain places ( eg Weinberg) on.

In East Friesland there on Easter Sunday, the custom of " Eiertrullern " also. In most cases, the dike this Trullern is discharged with the family or friends as a competition. While smaller children can roll down the hard-boiled eggs from the dike, they are thrown by the older normal. Divorced from any damaged eggs, the least far thrown eggs, and all possibly to the North Sea thrown eggs per round. The remaining players then throw in the next round according to the distance achieved in reverse order - until a winner (ei) is fixed.

In Maienfeld in Switzerland will be held on Easter Sunday at the so -called " Eierbühel " ( eggs hill ') between Rofels and Bovel the " Eiertrööla " instead. Depending on the timing of Easter grass growth and the eggs are thereby thrown down the slope getröölt (rolled) or as balls. The winner, whose egg is thrown farthest or most litters survive. Previously, the Easter tradition was popular with many children in the community, today it is practiced by only a few families.