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Śmingus-Dyngus
Apr. 5th, 2010 09:59 amTHOUGTH
"I guess somebody up there likes me." Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan
Today is the Easter Monday:) Besides it's a holiday in my country, there's also a quite specific tradition celebrated in Slav countries today. In Poland it's called Śmingus-Dyngus or Wet Monday (Lany Poniedziałek)!
Today you should be aware of the fact, that anyone could pour the water on you: it could be a handful of water or the whole bucket of it. At my home it often turns into a water battle! There can be specialized weapon used -as there's a quite developed Śmingus-Dyngus weapon market nowadays; however I prefer a bottle with a holed cap.
The etymology of the "śmingus" comes from the days when on Easter Monday women were stroked by willow trees' twigs (it is still practiced in the villages) which, despite the fact of being stroked, was nice as it was a kind of showing interest in a lady. Later on women begun ransoming themselves with sweets and painted eggs. And there is where the word "dyngus" come from - it was adopted from German's "dingen".
Though you may not feel funny being soaked to the skin, it's always funny to recall this situation after a few years. And of course it is always fun to those, who are pouring over:P This day is a quite good reason to conduct a water war:P
So I wish you getting wet today!
"I guess somebody up there likes me." Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan
Today is the Easter Monday:) Besides it's a holiday in my country, there's also a quite specific tradition celebrated in Slav countries today. In Poland it's called Śmingus-Dyngus or Wet Monday (Lany Poniedziałek)!
Today you should be aware of the fact, that anyone could pour the water on you: it could be a handful of water or the whole bucket of it. At my home it often turns into a water battle! There can be specialized weapon used -as there's a quite developed Śmingus-Dyngus weapon market nowadays; however I prefer a bottle with a holed cap.
The etymology of the "śmingus" comes from the days when on Easter Monday women were stroked by willow trees' twigs (it is still practiced in the villages) which, despite the fact of being stroked, was nice as it was a kind of showing interest in a lady. Later on women begun ransoming themselves with sweets and painted eggs. And there is where the word "dyngus" come from - it was adopted from German's "dingen".
Though you may not feel funny being soaked to the skin, it's always funny to recall this situation after a few years. And of course it is always fun to those, who are pouring over:P This day is a quite good reason to conduct a water war:P
So I wish you getting wet today!
