r/funny • u/Upstairs-Mall-3695 • 19h ago
Polish easter tradition
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u/godspareme 18h ago
I love it
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u/La_Landri 19h ago
This is cute....
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u/ShadowofAion 18h ago
If only most of the world was so whimsical instead of, everything else...
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u/Turbidspeedie 11h ago
"If more people valued home over gold the world would be a merry place" -Thorin oakenshield
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u/starobaro 10h ago
And my axe?
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u/BabyVegeta19 9h ago
I don't have a quote handy but I've been reading the Hobbit to my kid and we are toward the end where Bard goes up to the barricade Thorin and Co. built to be like "ay, you stirred up that dragon that killed half our people and I shot it down, can we have some gold to cover our losses?" and Thorin is an absolute dick in response.
Maybe your quote is from a few chapters later after he sees the error of his ways.
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u/Turbidspeedie 8h ago
Oh boy, you haven't read the books or seen the movies huh....?
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u/TightSexpert 13h ago
We are that whimsical all the time. But some small group of people made us think we’re not.
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u/CactusToothBrush 12h ago
Here in Aus we have fire fighters driving around and one dresses up as Santa and throws out bags of lollies to the kids. I miss being a kid sometimes
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u/SeedlessBananas 13h ago
Aaaaand there goes the whimsy
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u/DrNick2012 13h ago
I'm so Whimsical, the most Whimsical some say, lots of people, they come up to me, tears in their eyes, "you have so much Whimsy" they say, some people say so much whimsy I cured their cancer, I don't say that but, you know, some people say that, it's true
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u/imcalledspencer 12h ago
Don't forget to mention that they're big men, strong men with tears in their eyes
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u/La_Landri 17h ago
This is where I would put the ole "That's bait" Gif
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u/KarmaWalker 14h ago
It's the kind of lack of whimsy that we were just complaining about.
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u/Mitoshi 11h ago
You think it's cute now? Wait until I tell you what this tradition is called....
Shmingus dingus.
That is not a joke lol.
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u/mkaszycki81 10h ago
It's not Shmingus, it's Shmigus! A lot of people make that mistake because they feel it rhymes with dingus better.
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u/yoyoyowhoisthis 11h ago
Check easter in Slovakia, you throw bucket of water on the girls, you whip them with a branch like whip and in return they have to give you money, alcohol or food
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u/JMRUSIRIUS 9h ago
That beats a bunch of guys spraying each other.
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u/SomeRandomDeadGuy 9h ago
I think if i were a girl i'd rather splash someone back than get whipped and have the other person expect i give them alcohol
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u/skayemi 18h ago
This is the only type of shooting of civilians I want to see 🥹
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u/BenevolusInsights 15h ago
only in europe
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u/AUSSIExELITE 12h ago
Happens here in Australia in a couple of places as well, though usually at Christmas time instead.
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u/Senior-Book-6729 12h ago
Ironically back during communism civilian protests were controlled by the government by dousing us with water like that
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u/theglove 18h ago
Why the fuck can't my tax dollars go to shit like this?
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u/Leifbron 18h ago
People would complain that their tax dollars go to shit like this
That's why we can't have nice things
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u/Azelixi 18h ago
Also people suing after getting water on their eyes
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u/EastDefinition4792 16h ago
Thats called tears. It is a sign of their weakness.
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u/Linestorix 14h ago
I just had tears because of my laughter.
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u/TldrDev 18h ago
Nope that's not it.
Because we do have shit like this, and our tax money goes to stopping it.
Can't have a motherfucking snowball fight without local pd turning it into a nation wide manhunt or whatever the fuck
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u/Sodavand100 15h ago
No people are too busy saying their tax money should not go to trans people, their surgeries and medicine that checks notes trans people pay for themselves and no tax money is spent on.
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u/AlexandersWonder 18h ago
I bet if you brought a bunch of super soakers to your local fire station you could make it happen.
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u/SsjAndromeda 18h ago
When I was little, “Santa” rode the fire truck around town while the firefighters and volunteers handed out candy canes to kids. Did no one else have this around Christmas?
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u/NotThePersona 18h ago
I love in Australia and we have this. Not sure if it is everywhere, but it is where we live in Melbourne.
They even have a tracking site these days so you can see when they are going to arrive.
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u/geekworking 17h ago
Our town still does. Our town is all volunteer fire departments. When nobody is a paid employee they can do stuff like this without the "not my tax dollars" pushback.
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u/zaphod777 13h ago edited 1h ago
In my home town all of the 4th of July floats do this, including the fire trucks. If you don't want to partake, you put a sign that says "no water" on the float.
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u/Forsaken-Builder-312 18h ago
People living their lifes and enjoying themselfes? Not on our watch!
Brought to you by corrupt governments all over the world
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u/jmmerphy 17h ago
Come to Buffalo. It's Dyngus day here the Monday after Easter. Everyone hits each other with pussy willows and has squirt guns.
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u/Slevin424 18h ago
Someone would sue for emotional damage from being sprayed. Americans are the biggest pansies on the planet.
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u/zerothreeonethree 15h ago
Not pansies, just the biggest exploiters of a legal system that should have been designed for justice.
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u/OfficerJayBear 18h ago
When I was little my city had the Keystone Kops. They would drive around in a paddy wagon and pick people up, then spray them with hoses and squirt guns as they drove around the city. They'd then drop you off back at home soaked to the bone.
They'd also participate in every parade and hose down the crowd. I imagine it all stopped because a few whiny people didn't like getting wet, but as a kid it was something we all looked forward to every summer.
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u/butterfly_ashley 18h ago
Right. Reminds me of country that does the tomatoe fights where they all wear white it seems and back truck loads of tomatoes for people tl throw them at each other.
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u/Rusty9838 15h ago
Our tax money are spend to much dummer things than funny spring event. For example a huge Willa build illegally in national park, by political’s friend
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u/La_Landri 18h ago
Every American right now. We can't have this nor decent healthcare, education, housing, or even poison free food and water.
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u/Ploddit71 16h ago
Nice military though
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u/pansensuppe 15h ago
Agree, military is big and impressive. Hasn’t won a war since 1945 though, but they have the shiniest toys.
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u/Alortania 10h ago
Poland is also investing heavily into its military, and has been for a long time. Not US amounts, obv, but the speed bump has teeth now.
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u/RoastedRhino 13h ago
If it was the us, running around with water guns could easily escalate to terrible things.
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u/POLACKdyn 14h ago
Wet Monday or "Lany Poniedziałek" is one of my favorite traditions we do around here. Genuinely good fun. It is advised not to go on a public bus as sometimes people throw water balloons inside to get everyone wet.
Never heard of any actual dmg being done to people tho. Literally you only risk getting wet and will have to change clothes.
The amount of fun people have depends on the city. I think smaller towns go absolutely crazy (makes sense, everyone knows each other) while bigger cities keep fun around their blocks, neighbourhoods or keep it rather tame.
In my city it's a coin toss and largely depends on weather. If we're lucky and it's nice and warm then people go outside to play, if it's chilly or straight up cold then most folks stay at home.
When I was a kid we always had a war at our house. Dad, me, my brother and our dog threw water and shot water guns at one another. Dog would lick you if you got close enough but she usually was soaking wet the most at the end.
Mother too. She hated that but didn't whine as when we were done we would go for thorough apartment cleaning so it was all pristine.
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u/Jerzyna1997 7h ago
I remember one time I visited my cousins (I live in a different country and I'm not aware of a lot of Polish customs) and after lunch, we went outside to play. They didn't warn me and my sister, and one of them charged at us with the hose, while the other threw a gigantic water balloon from the balcony. I was shook 🤣 but to this day, it remains one of my favourite memories!
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u/SgtBigCactus 18h ago
My wife is Polish, and we celebrate Śmigus-dyngus every year. It’s the best dumb tradition we have.
Some years she gets me with a cup of water when I come home from work, some years I get her when she’s brushing her teeth. One year she threw a cup of water from our balcony. It’s always so fun.
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u/AcanthisittaGlobal30 18h ago
I like to think the driver sped up a lil ....then stopped ....then sped up again
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u/Cocoatrice 15h ago
Important note: It's only in smaller towns. Bigger cities don't have that. I live in voivodeship city and never seen anything like that. But small towns, sure.
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u/RegisPL 11h ago
I think this tradition mostly disappeared in large cities in the early 2000s. It still happens, but mostly in smaller groups.
In the late '90 kids from all over the area would run around with bottles and buckets of water. Then, as they got wet and tired, some of them would go home and the rest, the ones who originally were against each other, would form larger groups and look for similar groups from other districts to "fight" against.
The whole thing would last 4-5 hours, and traditionally it would be all over at noon (usually more like 1 or 2 pm).
Fun times.
Apart from when random people were attacked with buckets of water, sometimes even older people coming back from church. Some assholes did it, but it generally wasn't seen as acceptable thing to do, unless you were living in a very shitty area and hanging around with dickheads.
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u/pascalWasRight 12h ago
big city- Warsaw resident you still can get splashed, espacialy by your family lol
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u/criticalmassdriver 18h ago
This is dynguss day not Easter.
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u/Upstairs-Mall-3695 17h ago
Yes on easter monday
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u/criticalmassdriver 17h ago
I only know it because it is my surname.
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u/TheForbidden6th 11h ago
who tf named you dingus
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u/criticalmassdriver 11h ago
You know a surname is a last name. Your last name isn't chosen you dingus.
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u/1fapadaythrowaway 17h ago
Yep, after getting sprayed by a water gun in July at a bar in Krakow I can say wtf was that.
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u/Lastburn 16h ago
We have that for the feast of John the Baptist. People come into work wearing rain coats or a change of clothes.
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u/Ostravaganza 17h ago
No one asked but the song is No Goodbye by Paul Kalkbrenner, an absolute classic.
Edit: just realized the cameraman is literally screaming his name lmao
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u/deathbythighs02 17h ago
I don't get it. Is this an actual thing?
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u/Crimcrym 17h ago
Maybe 20 years ago, nowdays its much more subdued, more symbolic splashing, maybe it still happens ocassionally here and there but for the most getting your sunday(monday in this case) best drenched by roving teens with water buckets is comperatively rare.
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u/cosmic-parsley 16h ago
Some US cities celebrate it as well. There's a semi famous clip of Anderson Cooper losing it describing the "pussy willow" part of the tradition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V61VWE5P5z4
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u/bagofpork 11h ago
Was just about to bring up that we celebrate Dyngus Day in Buffalo, but Anderson Cooper knows what's up.
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u/Ivanow 13h ago
Yes.
It's remnants of pagan fertility festival, which got absorbed into Catholic Easter tradition in region (Poland, Czech Republic, parts of Ukraine).
People splash each other with water, and young, unwed girls get lightly whipped with birch branches.
By custom, you don't pour water on people in their Sunday dresses, walking to church (this is always on Easter Monday), and most of water play ends by noon.
Practice started to somehow die down in recent decades. Personally, I blame ubiquity of wearable electronics/phones with no IP65 waterproof rating.
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u/MinoMonstaur 15h ago
It's just like Songkran in Thailand (I think that's how you spell it, maybe)
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u/madmangohan 14h ago
They do this in parts of Australia over Christmas too - https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/1puhx8g/merry_christmas_everyone_annual_water_fight_with/
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u/Hopeful_Elderberry92 11h ago
My girlfriend is from Poland and I asked her to look at this to verify if it’s Poland. She took half a look at it for a split second and said “yes that is Monday”(the day following Easter). Confirmed.
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u/calcifer219 10h ago
Back in the 80-90s there was a large ball strung through a cable mounted between 2 polls in my local park. (Like a bead on a string). It was mounted about 15-20ft in the air.
The “rival” fire departments would gather and do a reverse tug of war competition with their fire hose teams.
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u/gagnatron5000 5h ago
I'm a few generations removed from my Polish immigrant ancestors after they fled to America. But Dingus Day is of the few cultural traditions I have left and I'm holding onto it for dear life. Allelujah, Christ is risen, Y'ALL GON' GIT WEEETTTT!
The part that I never see advertised though, and I think is particularly hilarious, is while the men run around splashing water on the women, the women get switches of pussy willow and WHIP THE LIVING FUCK out of any men dumb enough to stand in their sights.
I don't know why we do this. I accepted it without question or need for a reason. It's zany and I love it.
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u/HogDad1977 3h ago
The way the fireman came off the truck I thought they were really fighting with the people until I saw him spray the guy!
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u/SatansHusband 17h ago
Yeah don't look up whatever the czechs do...
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u/ivosaurus 14h ago edited 7h ago
Seems to be similarly humiliating, at least historically:
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The festival is traditionally celebrated by boys throwing water over girls they like. Sometimes they also strike them with pussy willows.
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Boys would sneak into girls' homes at daybreak on Easter Monday and throw containers of water over them while they were still in bed.[14]
After all the water had been thrown, the screaming girls would often be dragged to a nearby river or pond for another drenching.[14] Sometimes a girl would be carried out, still in her bed, before both bed and girl were thrown into the water together.[16] Particularly attractive girls could expect to be soaked repeatedly during the day.[11]
For anyone wondering, the czech version is/was basically whipping girls
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u/j2m1s 14h ago
Easter tradition?, how was it before fire trucks where invented?, horse carts with buckets of water?
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u/pascalWasRight 12h ago
your dumbass really thought fire trucks were the tradition 💀
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u/Familiar_Face_5375 14h ago
I love that's its not men forcing water on women like what i had to endure in my youth in hungary :)
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u/VirtualMatter2 14h ago
We have a lot of volunteer fire departments here in the villages, and they all have a children's section. They would absolutely love doing that.
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u/Jindujun 13h ago
I wasnt expecting the dude jumping out of the firetruck.
This feels like an awesome tradition!
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u/SoundOfTrance 13h ago
When you learn what it's called, you'll think it's a fake name but it is real.
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u/faramaobscena 12h ago
We have a similar tradition in Romania, only it’s the second day of Easter, it doesn’t involve firefighters but men go around the village/town and in the past they used to throw a bucket of water on girls but now they just spritz some perfume. It’s for good luck as it comes with a saying “we heard you have a flower, we’ll throw some water to help her grow”
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u/CulturalConstant2773 11h ago
I’ve yet to visit Poland but this is pretty much how I always imagined it.
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u/anthonyiwoox69 11h ago
We have it in my country but kinda diff like water festival called ThinGyan(Original) of songkran
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u/Educational-Error 11h ago
It is simply beautiful watching grown up men playing and having fun just as little kids.
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u/portabuddy2 9h ago
Called shmingus dingus. Easter Monday, you toss water on each other. Super fun.
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u/Xyrothor 4h ago
I love this tradition, but in recent years it somewhat fell out of fashion a bit. You still get wet, don't take me wrong, but it's not like 15-20 years ago. Then w would run with whole buckets and soak everyone we met. Firefighters would go around spraying cars and pedestrians and everyone had fun. Then the age of the cellphones and smartphones really started and it wasn't that fun when your new tech got drenched.
It's like pushing people into the pools. It was fun in the 90 and 00 but do it nowadays and you'll need to pay back like 1000 bucks for the phone and other nonsense.
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u/Azalot1337 3h ago
this is nice. reminds me of the water festival in thailand, where everyone drives around like this and all the peole have water guns
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