Going to Church
Jamaicans are very big on going to church during the Easter holidays and will go to church at least two days during
the period — on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Easter services commemorate the resurrection. Some people have a
tradition of wearing black on Good Friday and white on Easter Monday to signify Christ’s resurrection.
Bleeding Tree
Another Jamaican Easter tradition is cutting the Physic nut tree, called the ‘Crucifixion Tree,’ at noon on Good Friday.
This plant is said to ‘bleed’ a reddish-looking sap when cut at midday — unlike its customary whitish liquid. The theory
is that the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified was made from the wood of that tree, so his blood flows through
it on Good Friday.