At the risk of republishing a photo (as you can see it is from 2006) that you have already seen, meet Judas. Part of the Easter tradition here is to blow up the biblical betrayer of Jesus. You can see these cute little guys for sale at the side of the road, full of fireworks (have you noticed that our holidays almost always include some fireworks?). You have a big Easter party with your extended family, read a poem about what Judas leaves each person (he only leaves unpleasant things and is definitely written to evoke a laugh or two), and then light that sucker on fire. It's kind of gruesome on many levels, not the least of which is the risk he will explode on someone and blow off a few fingers. As I'm pretty sure I wrote a post about this somewhere several years ago and I have several other things on my list today, I won't go into too much detail. This isn't your fuzzy bunny Easter down here - we don't look for baskets with chocolate bunnies, wear pretty spring dresses, or have quiet family dinners; we give our kids a large chocolate egg (no searching involved), let them eat it and a bunch of other crap, run around like while animals, and then blow up a biblical figure made of fireworks. At least it's a good time.
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