Why Greeks Crack Eggs at Easter
So why are the Greek traditional eggs dyed red, well the red colour represents the blood of Jesus Christ and this religious event “Easter” celebrates Christ’s resurrection.
Why hard boiled Eggs. The eggs represent the sealed tomb of Jesus from which he emerged after his crucifixion.
The Orthodox religion still holds many important traditions and Easter is surrounded by many. Holy Thursday is the day that all Greeks dye their eggs, red is the traditional colour used. Today you will also see other colours and patterned eggs mixed with the red eggs.
So you are asking how is the game played: Well the game of cracking eggs is between two people. The two people compete by holding their respective egg in their hand and tapping each other’s egg. The goal is to crack the other player’s egg. The winner then uses the same end of the egg to tap the other, non-cracked end of the opponent. The winner is the person whose egg has cracked all the eggs of the other players.
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60 or so years ago, when we cracked eggs I always preferred to be on the “bottom”. In doing that, I would squeeze my egg hard and leave as little of it showing as possible. I won almost every time.