The custom of lighting candles originated from this. People light long candles in churches and homes on Easter. Many also light oil lamps, like the Hindus at Diwali. It is also traditional to wear new clothes on Easter Sunday and show them off by walking around town. Called the Easter parade, this custom may have emerged from the newly baptized Christians going up and down, visiting each other in their new white clothes.
People visit friends and relatives and exchange decorated eggs.
The egg symbolizes new life breaking through the captivity of the hard egg shell. Probably a pre-Christian symbol, it was adapted to illustrate the release of Christ from his tomb. Earlier these eggs were painted at home. The designs were remarkably similar to the traditional Hindu alpana motifs. But now these eggs are made of chocolates and filled with sweets.