Egyptian kids enjoy traditional spring holiday ‘Sham el-Nessim’

Two Egyptian kids show their face paintings during the traditional “Sham el-Nessim celebrations” in Giza zoo in Cairo, Egypt, May 6, 2013. <Xinhua/Qin Haishi>

Egyptian families celebrate the traditional national spring holiday of Sham el-Nessim (Smelling of the Zephyr) by picnicking and eating traditional food in a local park in Cairo, May 6, 2013. Egyptians have a history of celebrating Sham el-Nessim for thousands of years and it always falls on the day after the Eastern Christian Easter. <Xinhua/Amru Salahuddien>