Advanced Photoshop Pictures Contest - 21 image entries Contest Directions:
Easter is this Sunday. President Bush is hiding the Easter eggs in the White House. Dick Cheney is hiding the Easter bunnies he shot in the face.
In this contest you are asked to photoshop anything related to Easter. Examples may include eggs, bunnies, painting any object or person with Easter theme, add elements of it to paintings, art, and architecture.
[ browse best gallery pictures ] Tags: easter Jackpot: 1st place: $5, 2nd place: $3 , 3rd place: $2 Started: 4/6/2007 6:00:00 AM, Ended: 4/8/2007 6:00:00 AM
This contest is fueled by the following news:
Most people know Esater as a traditionally Christian holiday. It celebrates
the resurrection of Jesus Christ. However, most historians agree that
the origins of Easter celebrations are pagan and have no connection to
Christianity. The scholars show evidence that the celebrations of
Easter come from the pagan spring celebrations and worshipping of
"Eastre", goddess of fertility. It's not a coincidence that Easter bunny and eggs are the symbols of this holiday, as they are
traditional symbols of fertility. The festival took place on the day of vernal equinox.
Easter eggs are are painted with bright colors symbolizing the sunshine
and luck of the spring, which is the time when plants and animals
reproduce.
Christians have added their touch to this traditional pagan holiday.
They started to associate this holiday with the Jewish celebrations of
Passover, which has to do with fight for freedom from Egyptian
slavery. The first Christians were Jewish and it was natural for them
to combine this old holiday with their festival. Through the
centuries, less and less people were practicing the old pagan
religion, and Easter became truly Christian holiday, which more and
more people forgetting of its true origins.
The calendar date for this holiday has not fixed date, but according
to Western churches, has to be observed on the first Sunday following the fool moon,
so it may happen anywhere between March 22 and April 25. Christian
celebrations of Easter are proceeded by the forty days of lent, the
last week of those being the Holy Week. The last week of lent and
the Holy Week end with the Easter Sunday - the day of the resurrection
of Jesus Christ.
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Easter is this Sunday. President Bush is hiding the Easter eggs in the White House. Dick Cheney is hiding the Easter bunnies he shot in the face.
