Amaqanda e-Ista ngokukhethekileyo amaqanda okuhlobisa asetyenziselwa ukubhiyozela i-Easter kumazwe aseNtshona. Ngokuqhelekileyo, amaqanda adayiwe asetyenziswa. Isiko lanamhlanje ngokuqhelekileyo kukusebenzisa itshokolethi emile okweqanda endaweni yoko. Amaqanda adla ngokufihlwa kwangaphambili aze afunyanwe ngabantwana. Luphawu lwePasika kunye nendlela yokubonakalisa ubuhlobo, uthando kunye neminqweno emihle. AmaKristu asebenzisa iqanda njengesafobe “sokuqala kobomi obutsha” kunye nomfuziselo “wovuko lukaYesu nokuphuma engcwabeni lelitye”.
EFransi naseBelgium, amaqanda kuthiwa awiswa ziiwotshi ezibhabha esibhakabhakeni. Kwisithethe sobuKristu, iintsimbi zecawa ziyathuliswa ngoLwesihlanu ngaphambi kwePasika ngokuhlonipha uKristu, owafa esiphambanweni, aze aphinde abuyele kwi-Easter kusasa ukuphawula ukuzalwa kwakhona kweNkosi. Iintsimbi zeCawa, ezinamaphiko, zibhabha kuqala zisiya eRoma zize zibuye ngentsasa yePasika, ziwisa amaqanda eIsta endleleni.