What Easter tradition involves rolling decorated eggs down a hill or slope?

Egg rolling is the Easter tradition of rolling decorated eggs down a hill or slope.

Participants generally use hard-boiled eggs, often colored or decorated, and roll them over grass or another surface. Rules vary: the winner may be the person whose egg travels farthest, survives intact, or reaches a finish line first.

The custom is associated with the renewal and new life represented by eggs at Easter. In Christian symbolism, the egg has also been linked with the sealed tomb of Jesus and the stone rolled away from it, although egg-rolling customs have several regional histories.

The best-known American example is the White House Easter Egg Roll, but that event is a separate organized tradition rather than the name of every egg-rolling game. Egg rolling also appears in Britain and other countries, where local hills, dates, and rules differ.