It’s Wet Monday! People all over Poland are splashing water on each other. Here’s my family’s water fight we had this morning 💦 The other name for Wet Monday is Śmigus- Dyngus. Why? Śmigus According to tradition, on this day people symbolically beat their legs with willow twigs or palms. However, this is not common nowadays. Dyngus This tradition has to do with splashing each other with water. This not only symbolized purification but was also supposed to promote fertility. Boys would splash wa