1. Polish Water Traditions This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

2. Presentation Contains : Święcenie pokarmów (Blessing of Food) Święcenie pokarmów (Blessing of Food) Śmigus Dyngus (Lost Water) Śmigus Dyngus (Lost Water) Chrzest Święty (Holy Baptism) Chrzest Święty (Holy Baptism) Andrzejki (Sant Andrew’ s Day ) Andrzejki (Sant Andrew’ s Day ) Noc Kupały (Sant Johns Night ) Noc Kupały (Sant Johns Night ) Topienie Marzanny (Marzanna drowning) Topienie Marzanny (Marzanna drowning)

3. Ś więcenie P okarmów Blessing of Food Ś więcenie P okarmów Blessing of Food Swieconka is one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions. Baskets containing a sampling of Easter foods are brought to church to be blessed on Holy Saturday.

4. „Water is Live” Johannes Paulus II

5. Święconka contens : Horseradish

6. Śmigus Dyngus Wet Monday Śmigus Dyngus Wet 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.

7. 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.

8. Wet Monday in Silesia region

9. Wet Monday on Polish streets

10. Chrzest Święty Holy Baptism Chrzest Święty Holy Baptism A religious rite considered a sacrament by most Christian groups, marked by the symbolic application of water to the head or immersion of the body into water and resulting in admission of the recipient into the community of Christians.

11. The first baptism of Jesus Christ Baptism at present

13. Andrzejki Saint Andrew’s Day Andrzejki Saint Andrew’s Day „Andrzejki” is celebrated on the night before Saint Andrew’s Day, on the 29 th 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.

14. The most popular divination

15. The divination by means of wax floating on water

16. Noc Kupały Sant John Night Noc Kupały 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.

17. Kupała’s night

18. 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.

19. Topienie Marzanny Marzanna drowning Topienie Marzanny Marzanna drowning The 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.

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

22. Presentation made by: Dawid Musialik Sylwester Kotyniak Krystian Dyja THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION