In Philadelphia Pa a new tradition has began. It’s called the Zombie Crawl. This is when people dress up as the walking dead or zombies and do a pub crawl or walk from bar to bar.
Now Zombie Crawls or Zombie Walks are not new it’s been going on for a couple years thru out the world. I myself think its pretty cool but what I fine in poor taste is when Philadelphia is having theirs. See many others zombie events happen thru out the year, usually in October because of Halloween.
But Philadelphia’s Zombie event is going to be held on April 24, 2011 which is Easter Sunday. Poster that posted about the event whose screen name is “Dead Meat Walking” posted in the comment section this
“The walk in to celebrate the most famous zombie of them all!”Ok I get the humor of it. Look I’m no Holy Roller or even a church goer but I don’t think the resurrection of Jesus is the same as the walking dead much less a zombie. I think this is in poor taste. I would have considered it less poor taste if perhaps it was done on the Saturday before Easter Sunday.
If one is not into the religious view of Easter and that the resurrection is central to the Christian faith. Perhaps we can see in another light.
Easter falls around the same time as Spring. In pagan culture spring is celebrated in the sense of rebirth and new life. Today many Christians and Non-Christians will clean out their houses or what is called Spring Cleaning, they will also do yard work like cutting the dead off trees and rake out their gardens so that the can revitalize the soil and plant new seeds and bulbs or new plants . Because spring is the time to start a new.
So why not instead of only doing a physical housecleaning but also a spiritual housecleaning. Giving us a chance to rid ourselves of negatives such as resentments and ridding ourselves of our shortcomings. Perhaps while we rake out the and weed out our gardens so that we can add new soil and nutrients to the ground so we can plant new seeds and plants, we can also rake out our lives and add nutrients and plant new seeds of positivity. Such being less shy or less pushy or maybe taking more walks or actually stopping and appreciating a flower or the night sky. Maybe finishing something you started or actually going out and planting a garden or cleaning your house. Maybe giving up a vice. Making more time for others or making more time for you. Learning something new or making time to teach somebody something new. And yes maybe even go on a zombie walk just maybe not on Easter. Whatever it maybe as long as it’s a positive change that helps to start life a new. In others words be spring and perhaps you may even become resurrected.
UR
