The unusual tradition in Ukraine
Known as an ancient tradition, in central-European countries like Poland and the Czech Republic, Wet Monday appears to be very popular in Ukraine, as well. It takes place on the second day of Easter
Wet Monday started out, in Poland,as a pagan custom that symbolize cleansing, with the coming of Spring. When Christianity became the main religion, Wet Monday was adopted as a Christian ritual, related to cleansing souls of sins. The truth is people loved this tradition so much, they found a way to keep it, by associating it with religion.
The photos below were taken on Wet Monday, in the Ukrainian city of Lviv. They are copyright of Yurko Dyachyshyn.
On Wet Monday. boys and men armed with bottles and buckets of water, chase after girls and splash them from head to toe. According to the original custom, the most beautiful girl in a village would be the wettest, but nowadays, boys just splash any girl they see. At one point, the tradition got so out of hand that boys threw buckets of water, at girls, threw their car windows.
With the current water shortage the world is facing right now, some would say this is a terrible waste, but the boys with water bottles wouldn’t dream of abandoning this ancient tradition. just look at those happy faces.
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2 Things,
a) After 6 months, none noticed this?
‘At one point, the tradition got so out of hand that boys threw buckets of water, at girls, threw their car windows.’
Either they threw they car windows, which will be a really pain, or they meant to type through
b) The world is not facing a water shortage, it’s the USA which is facing it. Down in south america, there is plenty of sweet water resources,
some of them were male. and seriously … dont they prepare for this ? you dont wear fur, you make sure there is a plastic bag over your purse, you dont wear white! etc… weird people.. fun tradition,weird people.