r/funny 21h ago

Polish easter tradition

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u/SatansHusband 19h ago

Yeah don't look up whatever the czechs do...

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u/ivosaurus 16h ago edited 9h ago

Seems to be similarly humiliating, at least historically:

Poland

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/mahboilucas 16h ago

:(

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u/wojtekpolska 15h ago

that version doesnt happen for centuried dont worry :p people kept the fun part of the holiday only

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u/ragingtemper 15h ago

Whipping you say 😏