Easter Monday

[4] Some people enjoy outdoor sporting events, such as the Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival in South Australia,[5] and the Stawell Gift in Victoria,[6] as well as a traditional AFL match between Geelong Cats and the Hawthorn Hawks at the MCG.

[7] In Austria and Southern Germany, there is the traditional "Emmausgang", commemorating the walk of the disciples to Emmaus, to which Jesus followed them without being recognized.

Another related custom, unique to Poland, is that of sprinkling bowls (garce) of ashes on people or houses, celebrated a few weeks earlier at the "półpoście".

In Egypt, the ancient festival of Sham Ennesim (Egyptian Arabic: شم النسيم, literally meaning "smelling of the breeze") is celebrated by the Coptic Orthodox Church (i.e. Eastern) Easter Monday, though the festival dates back to Ancient Egypt times (about 2700 BC).

[12] In Spain, Easter Monday is an official public holiday in Catalonia, the Land of Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Navarre, the Basque Country, Cantabria, the village of Galvez, and La Rioja.

[14] It is usually given by godparents to their godchildren, and it is traditional for families or groups of friends to gather for a trip somewhere, like the countryside, to eat the mona.

[16] Apart from church services in some locations in the Dutch Bible Belt, there are no widespread festivities or traditions for the "Second Easter Day" ("Tweede Paasdag").

[18] On a local level, the day is informally observed in some areas such as the state of North Dakota, and some cities in New York, Michigan, and Indiana.

Easter Monday was a public holiday in North Carolina from 1935 to 1987, due to the early-20th-century tradition of state government workers taking the day off to attend the annual baseball game between North Carolina State College and Wake Forest College.

In some states and districts, public schools and universities are closed on Easter Monday, often part of spring break.

[21][22] Dyngus Day celebrations are widespread and popular in Chicago; Cleveland;[23] Buffalo, New York; Wyandotte and Hamtramck in Michigan; South Bend and La Porte in Indiana; and Hanover, New Hampshire.