Happy Dyngus Day

[tkoepp]

(Temporaily filling Docs shoes)

Historically a Polish-American tradition, Dyngus Day celebrates the end of the often restrictive observance of lent and the joy of Easter. Over the decades, Dyngus Day has become a wonderful holiday to celebrate Polish-American culture, heritage and traditions.

Buffalo, New York is officially the Dyngus Capital of America with the largest concentration of festival locations and live polka music. Smaller festivals can be found in community with sizable Polish-America populations such as South Bend, Indiana, Chicago, Illinois, Elizabeth, New Jersey, Bristol, Connecticut and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Celebrations in South Bend kick off political campaign season in the City.


As the popular polka anthem explains, “Everybody’s Polish On Dyngus Day!” Many parties begin during the mid-morning on the Monday after Easter with a large buffet of traditional Easter foods (kielbasa, ham, fresh breads, eggs). It is common to hear polka music on Dyngus Day with the mandatory dancing of at least one polka. Many parties continue well into daylight on Tuesday.

So grab your pussywillows and LET'S PARTY..

 

[Mrepp]

Smingus dingus

 

[Michal]

These were the days when I was young and used to wake up this day very pissed off with glass of water on my head !
Then I usually ate the breakfast, used to make some calls and run outside with with friends and buckets to have lots of wet fun.

Today it was a very very rainy day, so we had a smingus straight from clouds