The egg has a special place in almost every culture, especially at spring time where it represents hope, renewal, promise of life, and so on. Passover started this week and at the Passover supper a hard boiled egg is one of the symbolic foods on the plate. In Jewish tradition eggs are given to mourners. Elsewhere in the Middle East, eggs are symbols of beginnings and family. The Persian New Year celebration, Nowruz, also has a special table of symbolic foods that includes the egg.
Children in the United States love hunting for Easter eggs hidden around the house or outside. Other spring celebrations involving eggs include egg rolling, egg tapping, and egg dancing. So today's trivia question is to see what you can find out about egg dancing: where and when did egg dancing start?
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