Pasaka ndi chikumbutso cha kuuka kwa Yesu Khristu pambuyo pa imfa yake pa mtanda.Zimachitika Lamlungu loyamba pambuyo pa mwezi wathunthu pa Marichi 21 (Vernal Equinox) mu kalendala ya Gregorian.Ndi tchuthi chachikhalidwe m'maiko achikhristu akumadzulo.Isitala ndi imodzi mwatchuthi chakale kwambiri komanso chatanthauzo chachikhristu.Zimakondwerera kuuka kwa Khristu.Akhristu padziko lonse amakondwerera chaka chilichonse.Isitala imayimiranso kubadwanso ndi chiyembekezo.Pasaka ndi tsiku lokumbukira kuuka kwa Yesu Khristu pambuyo pa imfa yake pa mtanda.Zimachitika pambuyo pa Marichi 21 kapena Lamlungu loyamba mwezi wathunthu.Ndi tchuthi chachikhalidwe m'maiko achikhristu akumadzulo.

Isitala, monganso Khirisimasi, ndi tchuthi chachilendo.Chipangano Chatsopano m’Baibulo chimanena kuti Yesu anapachikidwa ndi kuukitsidwa pa tsiku lachitatu, motero amatchedwa Isitala.Isitala ndi holide yofunika kwambiri ya Chikhristu, ndipo ndi yofunika kwambiri kuposa Khirisimasi.

M’zaka za m’ma 1200, anthu ankawonjezera mazira ku chikondwerero cha Isitala.Ambiri mwa mazirawo anapakidwa utoto wofiira, ndipo ena anapakidwa utoto wamitundumitundu ndi nkhope zakumwetulira.Choncho, nthawi zambiri amatchedwa "mazira a Isitala" (omwe amatchedwanso mazira a Isitala).Tanthauzo lophiphiritsa la dzira ndi "kasupe-chiyambi cha moyo watsopano".Akristu amagwiritsidwa ntchito kuimira “Yesu anaukitsidwa ndi kutuluka m’manda amwala.”Mazira a Isitala ndi chizindikiro chofunika kwambiri cha chakudya cha Isitala, kutanthauza chiyambi ndi kupitiriza kwa moyo.Masiku ano, pali mitundu yambiri ya mazira m'njira zosiyanasiyana ndi maonekedwe osiyanasiyana, monga ziboliboli za mazira opanda kanthu, omwe amathanso kugawidwa ngati mazira m'lingaliro lalikulu.Panthawi imeneyi, padzakhala mitundu iwiri ya mazira a Isitala pamsika.Yaing'onoyo imatchedwa fondant, yomwe ndi yotalika kupitirira inchi imodzi, yokhala ndi chokoleti chopyapyala kunja kwake ndi mtanda wotsekemera ndi wofewa mkati mwake, umene umakulungidwa ndi zojambulazo za malata zamitundu yosiyanasiyana.Enawo ndi mazira opanda kanthu, omwe amakhala okulirapo pang'ono komanso okulirapo kuposa mazira a bakha.Palibe kanthu mkati, chipolopolo cha chokoleti chokha.Ingothyola chipolopolocho ndikudya tchipisi ta chokoleti.
Chizindikiro china cha Isitala ndi kalulu kakang'ono, kamene anthu amamuona ngati mlengi wa moyo watsopano.Pachikondwererochi, akuluakulu adzauza ana momveka bwino kuti mazira a Isitala adzaswa kukhala akalulu.Mabanja ambiri amaikanso mazira a Isitala pa kapinga kuti ana azisewera masewera osaka mazira.Bunny ya Isitala ndi mazira achikuda akhalanso zinthu zotchuka panthawi yatchuthi.Malo ogulitsira amagulitsa mitundu yonse ya kalulu ndi zinthu zooneka ngati dzira, ndipo masitolo ang'onoang'ono a zakudya ndi maswiti amadzaza ndi mazira a bunny ndi Isitala opangidwa ndi chokoleti."Nkhumba zachakudya" izi ndi zokongola komanso zimakhala ndi mazira osiyanasiyana.Amakoma ndipo ndi oyenera kupatsa anzanu.
Mphatso zodziwika bwino za Isitala zimagwirizana ndi masika ndi kubadwanso kwatsopano: mazira, anapiye, akalulu, maluwa, makamaka maluwa, ndizizindikiro za nyengo ino.