FREEDOM Energizes Dyngus Day Parade - Buffalo 2014

[tony m]

Wild! Wild! Wild!

Dyngus Day Parade on the East Side of Buffalo, NY - Polonia, is very sentimental to all of us who grew up in these neighborhoods. That is why this event seems like it is about to explode from raw emotion (and beer).

Our FREEDOM Float is a smashing success to the slowly awakening throngs of commoners.

Pic' Piwo Sto lat na zdrowie!
(Drink Beer for a hundred years to your health!)

See you all next year!

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Official Dyngus Day Buffalo website
http://www.dyngusday.com/

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Buffalo News
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/buffalo/polonia-bursts-with-pride-20140421

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Purchase your FREEDOM apparel at www.AmericanFreedomApparel.com
Your SHIRT. Your VOICE. Inspire FREEDOM.

Thank you to Carrie for setting up the float and driving, Dave for partnering the big guns, Zack for passing the ammo, Steve and friends from SCOPE, and Sheriff Howard and helpers for supporting us on.

What a terrific crowd everywhere!

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SCOPE
https://www.facebook.com/pages/SCOPE/117271511690653

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Video sources - credits:
DyngusDay
The Dyngus Day Buffalo Parade 2014 Historic Polonia District
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oMvpXHm_Mo

Joe Killian
joeshow #57 Dyngus Day Parade Buffalo, NY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPTqeTB0tW8

American Freedom Apparel
www.AmericanFreedomApparel.com

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Audio credit
Dyngus Day in Buffalo
Lenny Gomulka and Chicago Push
http://www.chicagopush.com/jukebox.htm

 

[francisco]

I had to look it up

Śmigus-Dyngus (also known as lany poniedziałek, meaning "Wet Monday") is a celebration held on Easter Monday in Poland. It is also observed by Polish diaspora communities, particularly among Polish Americans, who call it Dyngus Day. Similar celebrations are held in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Oblévačka in Czech, Oblievačka in Slovak, both meaning "Watering") and in Hungary, where it is known as Vízbevető or "Water Plunge Monday". Traditionally, boys throw water over girls and spank them with pussy willow branches on Easter Monday, and girls do the same to boys on Easter Tuesday. This is accompanied by a number of other rituals, such as making verse declarations and holding door-to-door processions, in some regions involving boys dressed as bears. The origins of the celebration are uncertain, but it may date to pagan times (before 1000 AD); it is described in writing as early as the 15th century. It continues to be observed in central Europe, and also in the United States, where certain patriotic American elements have been added to the traditional Polish ones.

Rest of this fun and interesting article at Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyngus_Day

Surprised that I hadn't heard of Dyngus Day before, as I had lived for several years in Milwaukee WI, a very Polish town

 

[tony m]

Added a link to the official Dyngus Day Buffalo website.

http://www.dyngusday.com/

Damn, I still want to keep partying!