There people celebrate three kinds of Easter in Latvia. An ancient Baltic, Catholic and 

Protestant (its official holidays), Ortodoxal. People usually mix tradition.

The ancient Baltic Easter is celebrated when the day isas long as night.

Easter is a celebration of the arrival of spring and sun, the spring equinox. With the rise of Christianity, Lieldienas was celebrated on the day coinciding with Easter Sunday. As this day signified the start of the farming season, many traditions were be observed in order to bring good health, abundant harvest and prosperity.

Easter morning should start before the sunrise to ensure the alertness for the rest of the year. It should be followed with a wash in a spring that is flowing towards the sun for good health and clear mind. Breakfast would be hard boiled eggs with salt (so you don’t have to lie for the rest of the year), preceded by an egg fight. Whoever has the strongest egg, will live the longest. Egg colouring is the most popular of Easter traditions in Latvia. Eggs are covered in onion peels with addition of grass strands, yarn, blueberry jam, frozen blackberries, flowers, tree buds or leaves for additional pattern. Cooked eggs are used for egg fights and egg rolling games.

Egs in old and moder colors/