lamus-dworski:Celebrations known as Gody Żywieckie (or Dziady Żywieckie) in Milówka, Poland. Images
lamus-dworski:Celebrations known as Gody Żywieckie (or Dziady Żywieckie) in Milówka, Poland. Images via Gminny Ośrodek Kultury w Milówce.The custom is connected to the general traditions of kolędowanie, in which people stroll across a town or village dressed in symbolic costumes and sing traditional carols, dance, perform, sometimes pull harmless pranks. In exchange they get food, drinks, or small money. The annual parade in Milówka comes also with competitions organized by a local cultural centre which attract groups from various villages of the whole region, each having their own characteristic costumes.Traditions of kolędowanie show remnants of old-Slavic pagan rituals: celebrating the days growing longer after the winter solstice, waking the nature up from the hibernation state and chasing the winter away for the later arrival of spring. -- source link
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