Easter Turns Into Child Slavery Industry

Even though the Easter holiday has its origins in religious tradition, today it is mostly remembered for other reasons. As it’s the children’s favorite holiday to eat as much chocolate they want, the expectation is mainly on how much and what kind of chocolate everyone will get. Instead of regular gifts, during Easter the tradition is to buy and receive Easter Eggs.

The Dark Side Of The Easter Tradition

With the chocolate tradition still as strong as ever, but healthy eating concerns higher than before, one of the main points to be taken into consideration is what kind of chocolate people are eating. Researchers discovered that several cocoa production regions have child labor as a cheap way of producing their chocolate.

The company that made the reports is World Vision. Chief executive, Tim Costello, said “Our report shows only 1-3 per cent of global cocoa supply is ethically certified today. Despite the best projections for growth in ethical cocoa, it is expected that 60-75 per cent globally will still be uncertified in 2018. We’re eating cheap chocolate because of trafficked children, child slavery, hazardous labor, and it’s so simply fixed.”

Origins Of Easter

Easter Sunday commemorates Jesus’ resurrection after the third day of his crucifixion. After Judas, who was one of his disciples, betrayed Jesus right after the Last Supper, it took a short while until Jesus was trialed and condemned. So, the Christian faith believes that the date known as Easter was at first the Resurrection Day.

Today, the character who is expected to appear on Easter eve, and in some cases during the day itself, is the Easter Bunny. As tradition says, chocolate Easter Eggs are left in several different places for people to try and find them, it is the Easter Bunny who is responsible for that work.