Easter and Passover around the world

Tears roll down the face of an Indian Catholic woman as she prays during the main Mass for Good Friday at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, the largest in New Delhi, India, on April 6, 2012. Christians around the world are marking the solemn period of Easter.

Indian Catholic alter boys walk in procession at the beginning of the main Mass for Good Friday at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, the largest in New Delhi, India on April 6, 2012. Christians around the world are marking the solemn period of Easter.

An Indian Catholic boy rests his head in his mother's lap during the main Mass for Good Friday at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, the largest in New Delhi, India on April 6, 2012. Christians around the world are marking the solemn period of Easter.

A young Indian Catholic girl stands on her chair during the main mass for Good Friday at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, the largest in New Delhi, India on April 6, 2012. Christians around the world are marking the solemn period of Easter.

Devotees reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday in Gauhati, India on April 6, 2012. Christians around the world are marking the Easter holy week.

A devotee dressed as Jesus Christ enacts his crucifixion as others pray to mark Good Friday in Gauhati, India on April 6, 2012. Christians around the world are marking the Easter Holy Week.

Indian Christians hold candles and offer prayers at a church on Good Friday in Ahmadabad, India on April 6, 2012. Christians around the world are marking the Easter holy week.

Pakistani Christians carry a cross during a Mass on Good Friday in Quetta, Pakistan on April 6, 2012. Christians around the world are marking the Easter holy week.

Pakistani Christian boys play next to a wall with biblical paintings, on Good Friday in a neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, April 6, 2012. Christians around the world are marking the Easter holy week.

Pakistani Christians attend a Mass on Good Friday in a church in Lahore, Pakistan on April 6, 2012. Christians around the world are marking the Easter holy week.

Pakistani Christians jostle for a food after a Mass on Good Friday at a local church in Lahore, Pakistan on April 6, 2012. Christians around the world are marking the Easter holy week.

Pakistani Christians attend a Mass on Good Friday in a church in Lahore, Pakistan on April 6, 2012. Christians around the world are marking the Easter holy week.

A Pakistani Christian child, holds his mother as she attends a Mass on Good Friday in a church in Islamabad, Pakistan on April 6, 2012. Christians around the world are marking the Easter holy week.

Three worshippers offer prayers during Good Friday Mass at Krijtberg church in Amsterdam on April 6, 2012. The Dutch Bureau for Tourism and Congresses expects some 850,000 tourist to visit the Netherlands over the Easter weekend.

A worshipper lights a candle during Good Friday Mass at Krijtberg church in Amsterdam on April 6, 2012. The Dutch Bureau for Tourism and Congresses expects some 850,000 tourists to visit the Netherlands over the Easter weekend.

Worshippers surround the icon of the Santisimo Cristo del Salvador brotherhood during a Holy Week procession in Valencia, Spain in the early hours of April, 6, 2012. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.

Worshippers surround the icon of the Santisimo Cristo del Salvador brotherhood during a Holy Week procession in Valencia, in the early hours of Friday, April, 6, 2012. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. ()

Masked flagellants pray during a procession before lashing themselves during the "Los Picaos" Easter Week brotherhood procession on April 6, 2012 in San Vicente de la Sonsierra, Spain. Los Picaos walk the streets of the northern Riojan village lashing themselves as an act of faith and penance for a sin. After some 800 lashes the Picaos are pinched in the back, to bleed to prevent bruises, with six crystals embedded in a ball of beeswax. Twelve pinches, six on each side of the back, for the twelve apostles. After the procession of the Picao has ended the back is covered and the, always adult, man is brought back to the cofradia where his wounds are treated with rosemary water and a cream of which the ingredients are a secret, passed on from generation to generation. Many Spanish towns and villages retain such rites and religious traditions of which many are passed down from medieval times, across the Easter weekend.

A masked flagellant lashes himself during the 'Los Picaos' Easter Week brotherhood procession on April 6, 2012 in San Vicente de la Sonsierra, Spain.

A masked flagellant lashes himself during the Los Picaos Easter Week brotherhood procession on April 5, 2012 in San Vicente de la Sonsierra, Spain. Los Picaos are a penance, a repentance of sins, of the Christian religion.

Catholic clergy prays during Good Friday inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ on April 6, 2012.

A Catholic worshipper pauses after participating in Good Friday processions inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ on April 6, 2012.

A Catholic worshipper prays during Good Friday inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ on April 6, 2012.

A Catholic worshipper holds a cross made out of bread during Good Friday processions inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ on April 6, 2012.

A girl looks at a shop window with Easter bunnies at a chocolate shop downtown Brussels, Belgium on April 6, 2012.

Tourists look at a shop window where a woman decorates chocolate eggs for Easter at a chocolate shop downtown Brussels on April 6, 2012.

A woman decorates a chocolate egg for Easter at a chocolate shop downtown Brussels on April 6, 2012.

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The faithful walk through the streets of old Montreal during the stations of the cross on Good Friday in Montreal on April 6, 2012.

Thousands of believers remember the passion of Jesus Christ during Germany's biggest Good Friday procession in Wuppertal, Germany on April, 6, 2012.

Painted an Easter egg in traditional Sorbian motives at the annual Easter egg market on March 24, 2012 in Schleife, near Hoyerswerda, Germany. Easter egg painting is a strong part of Sorbian tradition and visual elements within the painting are meant to ward off evil. Sorbians are a Slavic minority in eastern Germany and many still speak Sorbian, a language closely related to Polish and Czech.

Painted Easter eggs in traditional Sorbian motives hang in the tree at the annual Easter egg market on March 24, 2012 in Schleife, near Hoyerswerda, Germany.

People hold statues of Jesus on a cross during a Holy Week procession in honor of the Lord of Miracles, Lima's patron saint, on Good Friday in Lima, Peru on April 6, 2012.

A woman holds an image of Jesus during a Holy Week procession honoring the Lord of Miracles, Lima's patron saint, on Good Friday in Lima, Peru on April 6, 2012.

People carry an image of the Lord of Miracles, Lima's patron saint, during a Holy Week procession on Good Friday in Lima, Peru on April 6, 2012.

A man playing the part of Jesus gestures from the roof of Matriz de Pirenopolis church at the end of the Way of the Cross procession which reenacts the crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday during Holy Week in Pirenopolis, Brazil on April 6, 2012.

Christians participate in a Way of the Cross procession which reenacts the crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday during Holy Week outside Matriz de Pirenopolis church in Pirenopolis, Brazil on April 6, 2012.

Pilgrims walk with crosses as the Northern Cross pilgrimage makes its final leg of the journey to Holy Island on April 6, 2012 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England. More than 60 people, young and old, celebrated Easter by crossing the tidal causeway during the annual Christian pilgrimage. Every year people of all ages, from all over the world and from all realms of Christian life walk together at Easter to Holy Island.

Pilgrims walk with crosses as the Northern Cross pilgrimage makes its final leg of the journey to Holy Island on April 6, 2012 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England.

Pilgrims walk with crosses as the Northern Cross pilgrimage makes its final leg of the journey to Holy Island on April 6, 2012 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England. More than 60 people, young and old, celebrated Easter by crossing the tidal causeway during the annual Christian pilgrimage. Every year people of all ages, from all over the world and from all realms of Christian life walk together at Easter to Holy Island.

Nadia Coppola joins pilgrims as they walk with crosses as the Northern Cross pilgrimage makes its final leg of the journey to Holy Island on April 6, 2012 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England.

Local dancers in traditional clothes of the Matyo minority, present their program during a rehearsal of the traditional Easter celebrations by the members of Mezokovesd folk dance group, in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012.

Some local girls in traditional clothes of the Matyo minority, react as boys throw water during a rehearsal of the traditional Easter celebrations by the members of Mezokovesd folk dance group, in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012. Locals from northeast Hungary celebrate Easter with the traditional 'watering of the girls', a fertility ritual rooted in Hungary's tribal pre-Christian past, going as far back as the second century AD.

Local residents wear traditional clothes of the Matyo minority before a rehearsal of the traditional Easter celebrations by the members of Mezokovesd folk dance group, in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012.

Christian pilgrims wipe the at the Stone of the Unction with a cloth in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during the Good Friday processionon April 6, 2012 in Jerusalem, Israel. Christians believe that Jesus's body was anointed on the stone after it was taken down from the Cross.

Christian pilgrims wipe the at the Stone of the Unction with a cloth in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during the Good Friday procession on April 6, 2012 in Jerusalem, Israel.

Orthodox Jews prepare special matzoh, a traditional handmade Passover unleavened bread at a bakery in before the Passover holiday in the port city of Ashdod, Israel on April. 6, 2012. Jews are forbidden to eat leavened foodstuffs during the Passover holiday. Passover celebrates the biblical story of the Israelites' escape from slavery and exodus from Egypt.

Orthodox Jews prepare special matzoh, a traditional handmade Passover unleavened bread at a bakery in before the Passover holiday in the port city of Ashdod, Israel, on April. 6, 2012.

Orthodox Jews prepare special matzoh, a traditional handmade Passover unleavened bread at a bakery in before the Passover holiday in the port city of Ashdod, Israel on April. 6, 2012.

In this Wednesday, March 28, 2012 photo an ultra Orthodox Jewish man weighs a special matzoh, a traditional handmade Passover unleavened bread, at a bakery in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv, Israel. Jews are forbidden to eat leavened foodstuffs during the Passover holiday. Passover celebrates the biblical story of the Israelites' escape from slavery and exodus from Egypt.

In this April 5, 2012 photo, chef Noam Dekkers , in the back, watches workers of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa rabbinate blow-torch the grill stove in one of the kitchens in Liliyot restaurant making it kosher for the Jewish holiday of Passover, in Tel Aviv, Israel. Standing back right is chef Noam Dekkers. The Jewish springtime holiday Passover is known as a festival of freedom, but its hallmark is a litany of dietary restrictions centered on not eating leavened bread for a week. The rules are so elaborate that chefs who want to observe the ritual law must prepare weeks before, cleaning away every last crumb, buying up doubles of kitchen utensils, and planning menus without bread or regular flour.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather to collect water from a water tower to be used in the preparation of matzoh, a traditional handmade Passover unleavened bread, in the ultra Orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel on April 5, 2012.

Jews are forbidden to eat leavened foodstuffs during the Passover holiday. Passover celebrates the biblical story of the Israelites' escape from slavery and exodus from Egypt.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather to collect water from a water tower to be used in the preparation of matzoh, a traditional handmade Passover unleavened bread, in the ultra Orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel on April 5, 2012.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men burn leavened items in a final preparation before the Passover holiday in the ultra Orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, April. 6, 2012. Jews are forbidden to eat leavened foodstuffs during the Passover holiday. Passover celebrates the biblical story of the Israelites' escape from slavery and exodus from Egypt.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men burn leavened items in a final preparation before the Passover holiday in the ultra Orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel on April 6, 2012.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men burn leavened items in a final preparation before the Passover holiday in the ultra Orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel on April. 6, 2012.

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In this April 3, 2012 photo, Hasidic Jew Levi Mentz (Left) hands Nisim Keinan a piece of Matzah, the unleavened bread that is used during during the Jewish holiday of Passover in Destin, Fla. The Hasidic Jews flew in from Brooklyn, N.Y., on Monday as part of a Jewish outreach program. Their mission is to wander Destin looking for anyone of Jewish decent, from locals to spring breakers.

James Borchuck,AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times

Amy Smith tries to coax her 5-year-old daughter Emily Smith to eat a sprig of parsley during the Passover celebration at Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Tampa, Fla., on April 3, 2012. Tampa JCC Preschool South Branch children sang songs and made Seder plates to commemorate the story of the Exodus.

A Matzoh, an unleavened bread for the Jewish holiday of Passover, which was delivered by Members of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia to inmates of the Butyrka prison in Moscow on April 4, 2012.

A man helps remove messages and prayers written by thousands of people addressed to God from the cracks in the Western Wall in preparation for the up coming Jewish Passover holiday on March 28, 2012 in Jerusalem's old city, Israel. All the notes once collected will be buried in a special place at the Mount of Olives, according to Jewish law.

Catholic clergy attend a procession during Good Friday inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, Friday, April 6, 2012.

Catholic worshippers carry a cross during a Good Friday procession inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem, Friday, April 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A Christian worshiper prays inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Saturday, April 7, 2012.