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Babka is a sweet spongy yeast cake that is traditionally baked for Easter Sunday. Babka originated in Eastern Europe and was introduced to North America by early immigrants. Traditional babka has some type of fruit filling, especially raisins, and is glazed with a fruit flavored icing, sometimes with rum added. Modern babka may be chocolate or have a cheese filling.
A Bermuda kite
As with many other Christian dates, the celebration of Easter extends beyond the church. Since its origins, it has been a time of celebration and feasting. Today it is commercially important, seeing wide sales of greeting cards and confectionery such as chocolate Easter eggs, marshmallow bunnies, Peeps, and jelly beans.
Saint Valentine of Terni oversees the construction of his basilica at Terni, from a 14th century French manuscript (BN, Mss fr. 185)
Nubian wedding with some international modern touches, near Aswan, Egypt
The type, functions, and characteristics of marriage vary from culture to culture, and can change over time.
A medieval fresco depicting St Nicholas from the Boyana Church, near Sofia, Bulgaria
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