defestival1-5, Exercise 1: From Holy Week to Whitsun

Model answer (check dates and state rules):

Palm Sunday: start of Holy Week, palm branches. Not a public holiday.
Maundy Thursday: church services. Not a public holiday.
Good Friday: day of mourning; "quiet day" rules limit events and dancing. Public holiday in every state.
Holy Saturday: Easter fires in the north in the evening. Not a public holiday.
Easter Sunday: eggs, the Easter bunny, family meal, Easter fires in some places. Sunday.
Easter Monday: walks and visits. Public holiday in every state.
30 April: Walpurgis Night, bonfires, Tanz in den Mai. Not a holiday.
1 May: Maibaum, labour day. Public holiday in every state.
Ascension Day (Thursday, 40 days after Easter): Vatertag outings. Public holiday in every state.
Whit Sunday and Whit Monday: travel and events such as the Wave-Gotik-Treffen. Whit Monday is a public holiday in every state.

Check: Corpus Christi, a Thursday soon after Whitsun, is a holiday only in some states.