Water from a passing float showers parade goers during the Dyngus Day parade in Buffalo, April 6, 2026. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Tony Bravo grins as a water projectile bursts on his back, walking with Nickel City Fear Co. and Be Witched Buffalo in the Dyngus Day parade in Buffalo, April 6, 2026. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Buffalo fire fighters spray parade goers with water during the Dyngus Day parade in Buffalo, April 6, 2026. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

The Cracovia Polish Folk Dance Ensemble performs at the Pussy Willow Park Main Stage on Dyngus Day in Buffalo, April 6, 2026. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

ICYMI: Dyngus Day in Buffalo!

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Miłego poniedziałku! ☀️💦
Mam nadzieję, że żyjecie po świętach 😅🍰

Śmigus dyngus to trochę chaosu, trochę śmiechu i fresh start 🌊✨

Niech ten tydzień zacznie się dobrze 💫

#goodmonday #eastervibes #smigusdyngus #goodenergy #gameglamglow

Usually I carried a 2L bottle with me just to be able to defend myself if I go out on this day (can't carry a 10L bucket with me 😂).
Since the back operation I can't carry that much and I'm going for lunch to cousin so I'm doomed 😫
#ŚmigusDyngus #LanyPoniedziałek #SmigusDyngus

A picture depicting two people throwing buckets of water at each other. This is a common sight outdoors but also indoors. Everyone is a target.

A Polish fire truck hosing down a group of people. It seems that the truck crew is from the volunteer fire brigade. These are very common in Poland in small towns and villages. This is also where the fire trucks go around street by street on the hunt for people in their garden. It is done in goodwill

I jist realised that I'm royally fucked. The Monday after Easter in Poland it's Wet Monday.
We whip each other with young willow branches to dispel the evil accumulated during the Winter and pour water on each other for good luck and fertility.
NO-ONE IS SAFE!
#LanyPoniedziałek #SmigusDyngus

Śmigus Dyngus in Polen Lany Poniedziałek, Śmingus Dyngus oder anders gesagt, der gegossene Montag wird in Polen am Ostermontag gefeiert. An dem Tag werden Frauen von Männern mit Wasser begossen.

💦 In Polen ist heute Śmigus-Dyngus! Der „gegossene Montag“ kombiniert slawische Frühlingsrituale mit einer ordentlichen Wasserschlacht. Wusstet ihr, dass der Name „Dyngus“ vom deutschen kommt?🐣🌊

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RIP to a real one. Miss ya, Stanky Frank. Hope your replacement isn’t a jackass. #popefrancis #rip #smigusdyngus #dyngusday #Poles #Polish #Poland #Easter #holiday #celebrate #2137 #ihatemondays #tradition #jdvance #catholicism #christianity #Pittsburgh #diaspora #darkhumor #comedy #joke #ha #funny

Thank you !

Dziękuję 🥰🥰

#SmigusDyngus

Poland welcomes you

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