Kashubian feasts and habits

There are many regional feasts and habits on Kashubia:

-         on Easter Monday, in Poland exists a folk habit – it consists in dousing each other with water; on Kashubia this day people whip each other  with a twig of juniper (formerly girls believed, that the more lashes the bigger popularity among boys – and the faster marriage),

-         celebrating Midsummer Night – on June 23 – people organize campfires (often nearby the lakes) and dance; girls throw to the lakes wreaths made from flowers (formerly, they tried to foretell the future this way),

-         breathing in a snuff (it’s a powdered tobacco) – Kashubian people pour a little bit on their hands, breath it in and sneeze loudly then; they uses special snuff boxes to keep it,

-         harvest festival – it is organized in most of polish countrysides, for celebrate the end of harvests; it’s a folk and religious feast – it begins with a Holy Mass, than people presents harvest’s wreaths and entertain all day during festivity.

In the summer there are organized here as well various picnics, which don’t have so long lasting tradition. During those events more or less local stars are singing on the stage, cabarets entertains inhabitants, and the folk bands shows their dance skills. Those feasts are full of specific charm, and brings to my mind lotteries, flavour of candyfloss and balloons, which are always present there. And setting off fireworks at midnight.

,,Let’s dance” – say Lama. I take her by the hands and we spin below the scene. For this one night I become a fan of disco polo music.

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photos comes from: mypoland.com.pl/ my own