Dyeing boiled eggs in pastel colors and covering them in different designs. Searching for them with a basket in hand. Hitting them together to see whose egg cracks first. The first two are pretty ...

Below the Mason-Dixon, Southerners know the importance of rare cultural traditions, and boy, do we have a few! Whether we’re writing hand-written thank-you notes, burying a bottle of bourbon, ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — Pocking. Paquéing. Knocking. Whatever you call it, it's one Cajun Easter tradition that brings generations together. If you haven't heard of or participated in egg pocking before, you ...

Louisiana is known for its traditions during the holiday seasons. Easter is no exception. Have you heard of egg pocking? Egg pocking commonly known as egg knocking comes from Pâques, the French word ...

LOUISIANA (KLFY) – Many who celebrate Easter are very familiar with traditions like dying and decorating Easter eggs, the frantic search in Easter egg hunts, and of course, having your Easter basket ...

The key to successful egg pocking is boiling eggs point-side-down. "You turn them upside down, like this," Sharon Juneau said, removing a dyed egg from a basket. "It makes the egg harder on that end." ...

You read that right. Easter egg pocking. If you're from South Louisiana, you might know what this means. It's also called "Easter egg knocking.'' As Country Roads magazine puts it: "The concept is ...

Visitors to the Rapides Parish Library's French Heritage Festival cracked into a popular Cajun Easter tradition Saturday at Kent House Plantation - egg pocking or as it is known in French pacquing. It ...