Easter singing

During Passiontide, Passion hymns are sung, followed by Resurrection hymns during the Easter Vigil. Until the 1950s, Easter singing was widespread among Protestant Sorbs. The tradition originally stemmed from girls' singing groups that emerged from spinning rooms. Four weeks before Easter, they would walk through the village and around the fields singing Passion hymns. The Easter singing peaked on Good Friday and ended at sunrise on Easter Sunday with Resurrection hymns. Since 2001, for example, the "Łužyca" choir has been singing on Good Friday in Dissen (Lower Sorbian Dešno), and since 2011, a group of young women has been singing during the Easter Vigil in Jänschwalde (Lower Sorbian Janšojce).

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