Easter Week in El Salvador is celebrated differently than the
way it is celebrated in the United States. In the United States,
Easter includes the Easter Bunny and egg hunts. In El Salvador
as well as many other Central American countries, it is
celebrated with much a different atmosphere. Easter feels like
summer. The sun shines strong in the skies, the breeze somehow
fresh, somehow warm. It is definitely the middle of the dry
season in El Salvador, the equivalent of summer in northern
lands. Everything around, from sale signs to music, talks about
sun and sand. The opportunity to enjoy beaches that are just an
hour away from San Salvador is almost here. For a full week,
students are out of school and have the opportunity to enjoy
beaches, visit relatives and do nothing; it is almost the
equivalent to spring break in the United States. However, there
is one unequivocal characteristic that reminds every Salvadoran
that it is not just a break, and that there is more than just
sun and fun waiting for us during