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• Święcenie pokarmów Święcenie pokarmów (Blessing of Food)(Blessing of Food)

• Śmigus Dyngus Śmigus Dyngus (Lost Water)(Lost Water)

• Chrzest Święty Chrzest Święty (Holy Baptism)(Holy Baptism)

• Andrzejki Andrzejki (Sant Andrew’ s (Sant Andrew’ s Day )Day )

• Noc KupałyNoc Kupały (Sant Johns Night ) (Sant Johns Night )

• Topienie MarzannyTopienie Marzanny (Marzanna (Marzanna drowning)drowning)

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PPokarmów okarmów Blessing of Food Blessing of Food

SwieconkaSwieconka is one of the most enduring and beloved Polish  is one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions. Baskets containing a sampling of Easter foods traditions. Baskets containing a sampling of Easter foods are brought to church to be blessed on Holy Saturday. are brought to church to be blessed on Holy Saturday.

„„Water is Live” Water is Live”

Johannes Paulus II

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Śmigus Dyngus Śmigus Dyngus Wet MondayWet Monday

The festival is traditionally celebrated by boys throwing water over girls they like. Boys would sneak into girls' homes at daybreak on Easter Monday and throw containers of water over them while they were still in bed.

On the Polish Pomerania this tradition is not celebrated because people think that this is a pagan custom.

The tradition originates from the Polish mountains and the feast is celebrated mostly there.

Wet Monday in Silesia Wet Monday in Silesia regionregion

Wet Monday on Polish Wet Monday on Polish streetsstreets

Chrzest Święty Chrzest Święty Holy Baptism Holy Baptism

A religious rite considered a sacrament by most Christian groA religious rite considered a sacrament by most Christian groups, ups, 

marked by the symbolic application of marked by the symbolic application of waterwater to the to the head or immersion of the body into water and resulting in adhead or immersion of the body into water and resulting in admission of the recipient into the community of Christians.mission of the recipient into the community of Christians.

The first baptism of Jesus Christ

Baptism at present

Baptism at present

AndrzejkiAndrzejki Saint Andrew’s Saint Andrew’s DayDay

„Andrzejki” is celebrated on the night before Saint Andrew’s Day, on the 29th Night 30th of November. It is not known why Saint Andrew, the apostle and martyr, became the Saint Patron of girls dreaming of a husband.

The most popular divination

The divination by means of wax floating on water

Noc Kupały Noc Kupały Sant John Night Sant John Night Many of the rites related to this holiday within Slavic religious beliefs, due to the ancient Kupala rites, are connected with the role of water in fertility and ritual purification.

Kupała’s nightKupała’s night

Girls float wreaths of flowers (often lit with candles) on rivers,and would attempt to gain foresight into their relationship fortunes from the flow patterns of the flowers on the river.

Topienie Marzanny Topienie Marzanny Marzanna drowning Marzanna drowningThe tradition of burning or drowning an effigy of Marzanna to celebrate the end of winter is a folk custom that survives in the Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, and Slovakia. In the past, the festival was held on the fourth Sunday of Lent.

This is often performed during a field trip by children in kindergarten and primary schools. 

Presentation made by:Dawid Musialik Sylwester KotyniakKrystian Dyja

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