The Easter comes from the Latin pascha and the Hebraic pesah. The Festivity besides its deeply rooted religious motivations, has strong links with the awakening of nature after the wintry slumber.

The two monotheistic religions per exellence the Christian and the Jewish, celebrate two different festivities which have the same name and have the tradition of eating the same food but with different aims. In Hebraic Easter (Pesah) means "to trespass", and the Jews celebrate it in memory of their exodus from Egypt. It lasts 8 days, time during which every family eats lamb. With the blood of the lamb they stain their doors, as their ancestors did, when they were slaves in Egypt, to save their first born sons' lives. For the Christians Easter is the main festivity of the Liturgy and it is the celebration of passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Christians eat Lamb meat too, but differently from The Jewish Cult, here it symbolises the innocent crucified body of Christ "Who takes away the sin of the world".
"Omne vivum ex ovo"
The egg and its Symbolical meaning.
During Easter Festivity, following an oldest tradition, people give eggs to each other. In the heathen tradition egg is symbol of fertility, Heaven and Earth, are meant to be the two halves of the same egg, and eggs are symbol of the eternal return to life In the Christian Iconography, egg becomes the symbol of the rebirth not of Nature but of the Man itself in the resurrection of Jesus Christ .
In Umbria during Easter time there are traditional paraliturgic rites:
Holy week celerations, Assisi (Perugia)
The evening of the Holy Thursday deposition of the Crucified one "scavigliazione", rest of a laude of the 14th century, In St. Rufino's Cathedral.
The holy Friday: In the morning procession to move the dead Christ from the Cathedral to St. Francesco's basilica. In the evening procession (of medieval origin) of the confraternities, along a path enlightened by torch lit, to bring the statue of St. Francesco from St. Rufino' s Cathedral. to St. Francesco's basilica.
The Passion Todi (Perugia) the Holy Friday.
In this old town Christ martyrdom is lived once again along the "Via Crucis".
The Passion of Christ Gualdo Tadino, Montefalco (Perugia) The Holy Friday
In both the towns the Passion is represented with 14 paintings and 200 persons in a suggestive scenario for the tourists who crowd the streets of the towns in the night of the holy Friday.
The Passion of Christ Montecchio Terni The Holy Friday
As well as in the others in this old town too the Passion of Christ is lived once again, with a representation that dates back to the Middle Age.
Sacred representation Città di Castello (Perugia)
the revocation dates back to the 13th century, the statues of the dead Christ and Doleful Madonna, are beard in procession through the streets of the town.
Dead Christ Procession, Gubbio, (Perugia) the Holy Friday.
This representation too dates back to the middle age and is similar to the one in Città di Castello, with the sacred statues which are beard in a procession.
Corpus Domini Festivity Sigillo, Fossato di Vico, (Perugia)
In those two towns the way of Christ to the Calvary is put on stage , following a tradition that has lasted since the middle age.
Rinchinata Procession, Bastia Umbra (Perugia) Easter
In Bevagna and Cannara there is the Rinchinata procession, where the statues of the resurrected Christ and Doleful Madonna, are beard in a procession through the streets of the town. Animated by the actors shall kneel before each other.
Festivety of Madonna dei Bagni, Deruta (Perugia) Easter monday