Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday, celebrated by Christians the Sunday before Easter, commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, where he was greeted by crowds waving palm branches and shouting “Hosanna”

Religious/Ethnic Group: Christian

Tradition/Practices: In most Christian rites, Palm Sunday is celebrated by the blessing and distribution of palm branches (or the branches of other, native trees), representing the palm branches that the crowd scattered before Christ as he rode into Jerusalem. These palms are sometimes woven into crosses.