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What is Palm Sunday? Why is the donkey important to the story? And how is it celebrated worldwide?
In the Gospel of John, they are branches from palms ... called a " Palmesel," or German for "palm donkey," according to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, which on its site recounts how ...
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Palm Sunday: Holy Week and the symbolism of the palm branches
The tradition of palm branches on Palm Sunday actually originates with the Jewish festival of Sukkoth, also called the Festival of the Tabernacles or Booths, which was probably the most popular ...