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Kites of all colours, shapes and sizes graced the skies over Horseshoe Bay yesterday as hundreds of residents celebrated the much-loved Good Friday tradition. Locals and visitors soaked up a fun atmosphere at the annual Good Friday KiteFest — and th...

The Gilbert Lamb fun day drew crowds from across the Island to St David’s Cricket Club for the East End’s biggest Good Friday celebration. “That’s what it’s all about — family,” said club president Otis Minors, overlooking the cricket grounds as hund...

Premier Michael Dunkley has sent an Easter greeting to the Island, urging residents to celebrate our traditions and enjoy a happy holiday. “I am delighted to extend best wishes to all of Bermuda,” the Premier said. “Ours is an Island built on a stron...

Just before school finished for Easter, the senior and junior musicians from BHS paid a visit to Westmeath to perform for the seniors there. We received a very warm and friendly welcome from both seniors and staff when we arrived. We had flutes, viol...

At one time Bermuda had become so closely identified with this season of rebirth and renewal it was routinely referred to as “The Easter Isle” in the North American press. By the end of the 19th century, Bermuda dominated fully 90 per cent of the Eas...

Governor George Fergusson and his wife took part in the longstanding annual tradition of picking Easter lilies for the Queen this week. The flowers, grown by Manuel DeSilva and flown on Tuesday’s British Airways flight to London, arrived at Windsor C...

This last Sunday was Easter. ‘The Ten Commandments’ were on television again. I used to enjoy watching that movie, and then I began to wonder why they were showing ‘The Ten Commandments’ when Easter had to do with Jesus. Jesus wasn’t on the scene yet...

A century ago Bermuda had become so closely identified with this season of reawakening and rebirth it was routinely referred to as “The Easter Isle” in the North American press. At the time the Island dominated fully 90 percent of the Easter Lily mar...

If you paint an egg this spring you are following a tradition that goes back not hundreds, but thousands of years. You know the old riddle, which came first, the chicken or the egg? Ancient Egyptians believed it was the egg. This culture, along with ...

Bermuda faces an Easter lily shortage — because the traditional springtime flower is blooming too early. Easter this year falls on Sunday, April 20, but the traditional white-and-yellow Easter flower is bursting into bloom several weeks early. Second...

Traffic, family squabbles, work — modern life can be stressful. Relax with two kirtan concerts being offered during the Bermuda Yoga Festival next month. Kirtan is a group gathering where sacred mantras (prayers) are sung together in a call-and-respo...