{"id":7874,"date":"2019-03-20T19:02:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T19:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=7874"},"modified":"2019-03-20T23:38:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T23:38:35","slug":"how-does-poland-celebrate-the-arrival-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/how-does-poland-celebrate-the-arrival-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"How does Poland celebrate the arrival of Spring?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It may be 1st day of Spring today&#8230;but it sure does not look like it in New Hampshire&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Although I have to admit that days are getting longer and warmer, so there is hope:)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7875\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/03\/fullsizeoutput_e11f.jpeg\" aria-label=\"Fullsizeoutput E11f\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7875\" class=\"wp-image-7875 size-full\"  alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/03\/fullsizeoutput_e11f.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/03\/fullsizeoutput_e11f.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/03\/fullsizeoutput_e11f-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/03\/fullsizeoutput_e11f-350x350.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/03\/fullsizeoutput_e11f-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My daughters having hot chocolate in our yard couple days ago! Waiting for the Spring!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Around the world, people celebrate the end of the dismal winter weather with unique festivals and traditions. Some date back thousands of years and others are relatively new.<\/p>\n<p>Poland celebrates the coming of Spring through the<strong> drowning of Marzanna<\/strong>. The Marzanna is a doll made of straw that symbolizes the cold and dreariness of winter. The polish people parade the dolls through the streets making their way to a body of water. The dolls are then set on fire and thrown in the water as a way to mark the end of winter (check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/how-does-poland-welcome-spring\/\">this blog<\/a>\u00a0that explains it more).<\/p>\n<p>I have found this video of drowning of Marzanna , which took place in Jeziorzany, a town my mother grew up in!! Check it out!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marzanna w Jeziorzanach\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BN7wfuh6zy4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marzanna<\/strong> (<strong>also known as Morana, Morena, or Mora depending on region<\/strong>) was a Slavic goddess of winter, night and death. Although she is generally referred to as a goddess, some scholars consider her a demon or a high-level witch. She symbolized the destructive power of winter.<\/p>\n<p>Like most pagan deities (<strong>poga\u0144skie b\u00f3stwa<\/strong>), Marzanna\u2019s myth came about as a way to explain cycles of nature (<strong>natura<\/strong>) that were not yet studied by or understandable to the general population, a single figurehead into which people could pour all of their frustrations, fear, and anger about winter, which was truly dreadful for many. Must be the witch\u2019s fault!<\/p>\n<p>Since it was her fault, she had to die so Spring (<strong>Wiosna<\/strong>) could come. That makes perfect sense in the pagan world, but what\u2019s remarkable is that this particular tradition has endured to this day, and that it\u2019s largely practiced by children. I remember skipping school on that day, although it was actually &#8220;approved&#8221; by teachers, so we all used to take a walk to the near by river\/pond\/lake and drown Marzanna! We took our time few days prior to make the doll:) It was more like a field trip, than skipping school (skipping school in Poland is traditionally called<strong> wagary<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>Well, my kids were at school today and I celebrated first day of the Spring by going skiing with my husband! It was truly beautiful, Spring skiing day! It will take a while for our snow to melt in Mount Washington Valley, so we may as well enjoy it while it lasts:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/03\/fullsizeoutput_e11f-350x350.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/03\/fullsizeoutput_e11f-350x350.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/03\/fullsizeoutput_e11f-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/03\/fullsizeoutput_e11f-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/03\/fullsizeoutput_e11f.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>It may be 1st day of Spring today&#8230;but it sure does not look like it in New Hampshire&#8230; Although I have to admit that days are getting longer and warmer, so there is hope:) Around the world, people celebrate the end of the dismal winter weather with unique festivals and traditions. Some date back thousands&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/how-does-poland-celebrate-the-arrival-of-spring\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":7875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,2332],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7874","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-nature"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7876,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7874\/revisions\/7876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}