Åšmigus-Dyngus
Smigus - dyngus (also lany poniedziałek ) is a Polish Easter tradition. It takes place every year on Easter Monday. In Poland is still very stuck to originating from the Slavic mythology Easter traditions. Similar practices exist in Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic.
Throughout the country, old and young people sprinkle on " Lany poniedziałek ", the " cast Monday " with water. Often it also happens that young people instead of some water splashes whole bucket of water on other people, preferably girls and women pour.
Origin
According to Catholic tradition, the tradition goes back to the year 966, when the Polish ruler Mieszko I baptized and thus representative of Poland was to convert to Catholic Christianity. Other sources describe the custom as a cleansing ritual of pagan origin. The Polish journalist and philosopher Karol Libelt (1807-1875) and the ethnographer Zygmunt Gloger (1845-1910) have noticed a resemblance to the German " thin-wall casting " in the " Dyngus ".