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The second day of Easter, Easter Monday, features its own customs, such as śmigus-dyngus, involving the spraying of other persons with water. There are also other games, many involving eggs, such as egg tapping. [1] [7] Easter mazurek cake, with edible lamb-of-God figurine. Polish Easter traditions, some varying regionally, include: [6] [1] [7]
A typical "Święconka" basket of Polish Holy Saturday tradition. Baskets containing a sampling of Easter foods are brought to church to be blessed on Holy Saturday. The basket is traditionally lined with a white linen or lace napkin and decorated with sprigs of boxwood (bukszpan), the typical Easter evergreen. Poles take special pride in ...
Deborah Anders Silverman writes that "The Easter whipping custom still exists in Central Europe; Laszlo Lukacs cites variants in Poland, Hungary, and Germany. Whipping and other Dyngus Day customs are seldom observed in the older Polish communities of the United States, some of which date from the 1880s.
Siwki procession in Chobienice, 2015. Siwki or Siwek (literally Easter Greys, as in grey horses) is a regional tradition rooted in Polish folklore, in which a procession of dressed up individuals stops passers-by and performs tricks on them.
Easter palms are an important feature of Polish Easter celebrations. [1] They are consecrated in a church, and subsequently paraded. [1] Some regional customs include using the palms to sprinkle water in a house, feeding them to animals, using them as decorations for religious paintings, and burning them and using the ash in Ash Wednesday ceremonies the next year. [1]
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Easter traditions (also known as Paschal traditions) are customs and practices that are followed in various cultures and communities around the world to celebrate Easter (also known as Pascha or Resurrection Sunday), which is the central feast in Christianity, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus.
Handpainted Polish Wooden Easter Eggs. Psanky is a traditional Polish Easter craft, with each color and symbol representative of the Easter season. With their beautiful, intricate detailing, this ...