About the Śmigus Dyngus, it's not actually just a "folk thing". We still do that, at least I've never met someone who doesn't do that. We love pouring water on each other on Easter Monday, especially between siblings and friends. You should watch out though, while going out on Easter Monday, because you can still get VERY wet randomly on the street. People just pour water on other people, that's the thing, so usually during Easter Monday there are no people walking on pavements
@kinga66064 жыл бұрын
100% true :D I don't know anyone who doesn't celebrate Śmingus Dungus either :D And I also stay home on the Easter Monday not to get wet ;P
@IzumiMandanado4 жыл бұрын
@@kinga6606 Exactly, same here XD
@Hato19924 жыл бұрын
In my town there is unwritten rule to ask elder people first if you can pour water on them. Also you can do this only before noon. Pour water on someone afternoon is tactless here.
@emilyalachopin41754 жыл бұрын
As for celebrating name day, it's so popular because Poland is traditionally a catholic country. In Catholic Church, for each day there is a particular saint (or more), that is remembered and praised specially on that day. And because most of the children used to be named after saints, the day of their patron - "the day of their name" - was celebrated, often as even more important than birthday. I hope that makes sense😉
@nadajniczek4 жыл бұрын
It's popular in maybe 50% of Poland - some areas on the east and some areas on the west where people from the further east were forced to live after the WWII. I personally don't like the name day - it's like celebrating a day of thousand another people. It's leveling down the individuality ;)
@nortche63394 жыл бұрын
@@nadajniczek it's cool because you get anotchee present
@polishpatrioticgirl58544 жыл бұрын
@@nadajniczek I am from Pomerania (Kashubia precisely) and my family and friends always celebrates both - birthday and name day :D We basically are meeting one time on evry two weeks on some birthday or name day and i pure love it! :D That gives actually so many profits - more time with close people to You, more party, more gifts, more fun, more eating and of course more drinking ;)
@Kamila_Koziol3 жыл бұрын
In Sławomir Koper's book (he's a historian and he wrote plenty books on the Second Polish Republic's history) I've read that the Name Day was purposefully made to be more popular than Birthday. Because Birthday came with German culture and people during the partitions were trying to distance themselves from that. So during the partitions up to the Interwar period and later Name Days were celebrated a little bit more to oppose the Germanic influence.
@grraadd3 жыл бұрын
@@nadajniczek thousands of people were born on the same day, as you were...
@MrQmicic4 жыл бұрын
Malbork is the biggest Red Brick castle in the world. Krzyz-Topor is actually bigger except its in ruins. Krzyz-Topor is located also in Poland BTW.
@wavi_DXM4 жыл бұрын
Śmigus dyngus was also a great fun in 90s in Warsaw. Imagine group of kids armed with water guns and bottles fighting against another groups. Every year the base was in the house of another person. When "ammo" was refilled we were caming back to the battlefield (like a park or playground). Gosh, good memories. These days I don't see any kids playing on Lany Poniedziałek. They have no idea what they are missing.
@nortche63394 жыл бұрын
actually we do, just it's mostly raining at that time(few years ago it was even snowing where i live) nowadays so we just do it indoors
@McSenkel3 жыл бұрын
I had really sweet pump rifle with 0.7l magazine. Maybe even hole litre. I had it for quite a long time.
@Krokostad4 жыл бұрын
"Home alone" is also a Christmas movie in Germany!😁 It's called "Kevin allein zu Haus".
@kinga66064 жыл бұрын
Sounds much more scary hehehe :D We say "Kevin sam w domu", which has the same meaning :)
@ladyedyta4 жыл бұрын
Have you seen ruins of castles in Poland? My favorite is Ogrodzieniec or Teczynek. Ojcow is really beautiful with Krakow Gate.
@kejtkejt37304 жыл бұрын
Lany Poniedziałek is an old tradition in Poland. And kind of a „game” beetween boys and girls now but in old old times it means that spring had came and you clean your body ( and soul) afrer winter . Correct me if im wrong ;)
@justineczarnobyl99872 жыл бұрын
Fun fact about Warsaw Old Town - some buildings are very old, after the war they were donated from other towns, that weren't destroyed by bombs, whole buildings were transported to Warsaw, like from Chełmno for example and put on the Old Town area.
@MrArrow284 жыл бұрын
Some name days may be celebrated several times a year, for example, Karolin's name day may be celebrated on July 5, January 27, May 9, July 18 or November 18
@nemeczek674 жыл бұрын
But you typically celebrate the first name day after your birthday. So if Karolina was born in April, her name day will be May 9. If another Karolina was born in December, her name day will be January 27, etc.
@nortche63394 жыл бұрын
@@nemeczek67 i was born in August and my nameday is in July, ao not exacly
@PK-we6vk4 жыл бұрын
fun fact: Poland has the biggest castle in Poland
@ANGEL-ih1bn3 жыл бұрын
Hello. I'm actually from Poland and i Just wanna say: Smigus Dyngus is symbolic to Cleaning and healing our selfes for a New year / spring. Btw it's huge fun for kids. . especially for kids from farm cuz they can play outside in a big area :)
@marek76414 жыл бұрын
the old towns where rebuild often with bricks from the time
@thenbenagcz39314 жыл бұрын
Name day is just another excuse for drink and party ;) 🤟🍻🍻
@tomaszw69714 жыл бұрын
Śmingus dyngus this is a very old custom. Formerly stags were looking for brides with red beads around their necks, which symbolized their desire to get married. Pouring water over them was symbolic and heralded a quick marriage. it is a tradition associated with Mazovia. It doesn't matter that much in our time. Everyone will be covered with water.
@kinga66064 жыл бұрын
About the names days I have one more fun fact. On the 31.12, the New Year's Eve we celebrate the name day of Sylwester (male name), so in Poland we do not actually call that day the New Year's Eve, but Sylwester. So for example we say "Where are you going to party on Sylwester?" :D
@EvaSawicka4 жыл бұрын
It's because of St. Pope Sylvester who died on Dec 31, 335 AD. The feast of St. Sylvester is celebrated in many Catholic countries.
@shotgunpolska80724 жыл бұрын
Super kanał. Gratulacje - Pierwszy raz słucham osobę z USA o bardzo dojrzałym i sensownym podejściem do wiedzy o Polsce. Bardzo mi się podoba :)
@Trev_in_Poland4 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! Cool to see your channel too!
@pr0None4 жыл бұрын
Trev!! Guess what! Cheers from Malbork! (I live here :))
@kinga66064 жыл бұрын
I feel so stupid :o I wasn't aware that Malbork is the biggest castle in the world. Well, you always learn something new. Thanks :D
@karolinakuc47834 жыл бұрын
Because in fact Old Town in Warsaw it is pretty old. Many of the bricks used in buildings come from disembartment of some old monuments in other cities
@wojciechgryczanka81024 жыл бұрын
Mam pomysł na dwa filmy 10 polaków którzy mieli wpływ na losy U,S,A i 10 amerykanów którzy mieli wpływ na losy Polski I have an idea for two films, 10 Poles who influenced the fate of U, S, A and 10 Americans who had an impact on the fate of Poland
@marcinpaz45794 жыл бұрын
Merian Cooper and other American pilots fighting against Soviets.
@jamsession98264 жыл бұрын
Dude, when you gonna visit the castle in Malbork, being in 3city, don't forget to travel to a place called Łapalice (+/- 40km from Gdańsk) - it's also kind of a castle, but I promiss you, it's mindblowing, completely different and with a crazy story behind. ;)
@marcinwkurw31854 жыл бұрын
is world biggest castle made from bricks.
@krzypel2 жыл бұрын
Śmingus dyngus is a very funny (not for everyone) day in Monday after Easter Sunday.
@barbarajolley35134 жыл бұрын
Trevor, you refer to Malbork castle:): it was built by the Teutonic Knights. It is fascinating. The Teutonic Knights (Krzyzacy) were brought to Poland by one of the princes to fight with pagan tribes (the prince was Konrad Mazowiecki); they were given land on which they built their castle...and more. They grew in power so much that they became a threat; they were defeated by King Wladyslaw Jagiello at Grunwald (Europe refers to it as Tannenberg). Polish Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature Henryk Sienkiewicz wrote a novel titled "Krzyzacy"; director Alexander Ford made a film based on the novel in 1960.
@bartomiejsieniawski33974 жыл бұрын
They used to tell us in our kindergarten that when 2k years ago women found out that Jesus had resurrected they wanted to inform everyone and the guards would pour water on them so they stop. It was considered as a heresy
@isaac37474 жыл бұрын
Fajny filmik! U nas jest sporo fajnych dań, polecam spróbować!
@christianm8514 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making polish "things" clear ❤
@ukaszb85883 жыл бұрын
Malbork my hometown !
@mobo80744 жыл бұрын
Imieniny to po prostu dzień świętego patrona, po którym masz imię. Czyli osoby w niebie ktora sie Tobą specjalnie opiekuje i którą masz naśladować ( bo po niej dostałeś imię). W kalendarzu mamy imiona świętych i błogosławionych ale i też imiona popularne w różnych czasach w naszym kraju jak Mirosława, Przemysław, Leszek, Idzi, czy zrekonstruowane imiona słowiańskie jak np. Władysław czy Czesław. Do całkiem niedawna w polskich rodzinach lubiano nadawać dzieciom imiona po rodzicach i dziadkach, zresztą w niektórych wciąż się to praktykuje, więc można było spotkać np. Stanisława, syna Stanisława :) Ale nie zawsze tak się działo. W większości przypadków nadawano dziecku imię z kalendarza - czyli świętego albo błogosławionego w dniu ktorego przyszedł na świat. No chyba, że się chcialo podlizać swojemu zwierzchnikowi, jak nijaki Mikołaj Chopin, to wtedy niemowlę dostało na imie Fryderyk, po dziedzicu u którego zatrudniony był tatuś :-) W latach Młodej Polski w Krakowie żyła panna o dziwnym imieniu Skalendarka. Otóż jak się okazuje kiedy się urodziła i trzeba było ją ochrzcić, chrześni zapytali sie rodziców jak się ma nazywać, na co matka odparła: Z kalendarka - czyli weźcie imię z kalendarza. Ale że się popili tęgo to jak zajechali na plebanię to uparli się, że tak dziecko ma się nazywać dosłownie. I mimo, że ksiądz się zarzekał że nie ochrzci, to groźbą wymusili, że ochrzcił ją biedną Skalendarka :-D Pozdrawiam ciepło przed zimnym Dniem Niepodległości - to już za 4 dni!
@januszlepionko4 жыл бұрын
Zdaje się, że ani autor filmu nie zna polskiego, ani zakładana przez niego publiczność. Czy możesz wobec tego wrzucić swój komentarz również po angielsku?
@hermenegildakociubinska66654 жыл бұрын
Malbork Castle is more like a small medieval town than a castle.
@julkat4484 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Malbork!
@Yumi....2 жыл бұрын
Jeśli chodzi chodzi o Śmigus-dyngus to nie tylko chłopaki dziewczyny polewają wodą, ale i w drugą stronę, gałązki to zaś odmienna rzecz niezwiązana z lanym poniedziałkiem, a raczej ze świętami wielkanocnymi. Jak chodzi o oblewanie się wodą, to robi się to głównie dla zabawy. Nie wyjaśnię Ci jednak skąd ta tradycja się wzięła, bo szczerze nigdy tego nie sprawdzałam.
@christinelipner28254 жыл бұрын
So interesting to know your opinion about my homeland! A few comments: 1. You make a very good point about the variety in a (relatively) small package. This is something many people don't realize 2. There is photographic material and video footage of the wartime damage of Warsaw and other towns. Some of it is available on KZfaq. A real eye-opener! 3. I cannot be absolutely sure, but I think Smigus-Dyngus is a pre-Christian fertility ritual. Hmmm... 4. My American mother used to say that name-days are an insane institution. Some names have more than one patron saint, so you have to know which name-day the person celebrates. My name has, I believe, three name-days. I celebrate the one one on March 13th, if you want to know. The person in question is not usually going to tell you. You have to scope it out. Also, he or she is not going to invite you to celebrate but simply set out the booze and cake and wait. God help you if you don't show up because you didn't know! And you are right, Trevor (a Celtic name, I think?) does not have a name-day, unless you discover that there was, in fact, a Saint Trevor and find out which date is dedicated to him. 5. As a matter of fact, the ONLY time Malbork Castle was ever taken was in 1945, by the Soviets, who used "Katyusha" rocket launchers. As a child in the 1950s, I visited the place many times because my family lived in Sopot. I remember that a large part of the castle was in ruins. Even in the 1960s, sight-seers were prohibited from going around without a guide because some areas were still dangerous. I remember having to explain to my American relatives (who started visiting about that time) that this prohibition was not some devious Communist plot to prevent them from seeing something they shouldn't but simply to prevent them from breaking their necks or encountering an unexploded missile.
@grraadd3 жыл бұрын
What about traditional drowning of MARZANNA? I think it's mostly done in primary school now - very old pagan tradition and good excuse to go for an early spring walk :-)
@Krokostad4 жыл бұрын
You should watch "Geography now: Poland". That Video is very interesting!
@MrSmokull4 жыл бұрын
Śmigus Dyngus is part of Easter . The Great Weak before Easter is sad and Easter is happy becouse Christ resurected so people wanna have fun during Easter and they invented funny things to do . It is also the beginning of warm season in Poland , winter is over and everything becomes green outside so people want to play outside by pouring water and hitting by willows ( it was also the way to flirt with girls)
@Herrshwarz4 жыл бұрын
you can travel on more than 300 km in 2 hours by train actual, so it's quiet easy to travel from poznań to kraków in less than 6 hours but not by one train
@oliwierkrol34134 жыл бұрын
Imieniny (name day) is usually excuse of drinking alcohol (stereotype) and meetings with family or friends. As fact most likely gift is alcohol and only adults celebrate this
@Hato19924 жыл бұрын
Name day is old custom of celebreting day of saint that we sharing name with. So it's roots are in christianity.
@wiktoriawolny4 жыл бұрын
But Poland is very religious, so it's more like old tradition.
@simi1950 Жыл бұрын
i'll never forget when i came home on monday śmigus dyngus.. and when i was on stairs, the door opened and my aunt poured me with a f.. bucket 15 Liters xDD that was before everyone got a phone in the pocket so it was safe ;p even know on that day i'm hiding a glass or a bottle of water near bed, so in the morning i can fight back with family, as soon as someone sees you they try to make you wet ;p sometimes you need to change clothes 3 times a day ;p
@joannawesoowska98874 жыл бұрын
The nameday is popular among elder generations like my parents and grandparents as their names are a little bit old fashioned and traditional and they are placed in calendars. But me and my siblings and friends never celebrate it. Probably cause the younger generation has been influenced by the west and in 20 or 30 years time nobody will remember about imieniny 😀
@MrJlin19824 жыл бұрын
Trev, there are hills in the Netherlands too
@jeroenlinderhof88194 жыл бұрын
Examples commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Veluwezoom?uselang=nl#/media/File:Posbank,_zonlicht.jpg , commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?sort=relevance&search=zuid-limburg+landschap&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&advancedSearch-current=%7B%7D&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1&uselang=nl#/media/File:Hill_landscape_Epen.jpg and commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&limit=20&offset=20&profile=default&search=duinen&advancedSearch-current={}&uselang=nl&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1#/media/File:Duinen_P1390191.jpg and in the non-european part, they are even higher commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?sort=relevance&search=saba+island&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&advancedSearch-current=%7B%7D&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1&uselang=nl#/media/File:Saba_Blick_vom_Mount_Scenery.jpg and commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?sort=relevance&search=saba+island&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&advancedSearch-current=%7B%7D&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1&uselang=nl#/media/File:Mt._Scenery_from_sea.JPG
@maciejszymanski23864 жыл бұрын
2500 m high? Do not make me laugh, I'm geographer by profession.
@thillirrr65794 жыл бұрын
What about Mazury? Its practically one of the top holiday destinations in Poland, Btw a name day is a Christian thing
@dorianosatane72444 жыл бұрын
Malbork castle is the largest building in the world built of bricks
@bartomiejsieniawski33974 жыл бұрын
And the name day is an older tradition than celebrating someone’s birthday because back in the Middle Ages people didn’t know when exactly they were born.
@antysmok3 жыл бұрын
Trevor's namesday would be June 23 btw ;)
@tesz15874 жыл бұрын
its so common these days ppl learning english that hearing someone talking our (polish obv;p) language and being interested in history, behavior and culture is so cool when you watch it as polish actually, isn it polish friends? :D:D:D:D
@HeliorDusk4 жыл бұрын
Please, react to more videos of GF Darwin, for example: C.H.A.O.S., Piekło 2.0 (Hell 2.0), Bóg vs Szatan (God vs Satan), Hitler vs sąd ostateczny (Hitler vs last judgement)
@Przemo74234 жыл бұрын
Malbork aka Marienburg is not polish castle. It was capitol of State of Teutonic Order. The castle has been never conqured but later were changing owners. Poland Commonwelth after end of teutons, then Prussia after partition of Poland and then again Poland after WW2.
@helenas79484 жыл бұрын
As far as I know there is no saint or blessed Trevor, so you probably don't have a name day. There are some names used in Poland that don't have patron saints, but were just put in calendars so people have their name day. Trevor isn't one of them though :) Maybe you have a second name?
@Al1en_Boy_The_5th_Kind4 жыл бұрын
You know that we got to dragons ?One in Krakow other in Warsaw I thing 😎🤐🤣
@user-dh8zk8ul7i4 жыл бұрын
5:20 ~5 hours ;)
@dorotaskibinska79004 жыл бұрын
Smigus Dyngus is a remembrance of a baptism of Poland in 966 when Polish king Mieszko and most of court were baptized. Following that event water was poured by missionaries on the people baptizing them "en masse". It has also pagan roots connected to cleansing and fertility and renewing of life in spring.
@maciejszymanski23864 жыл бұрын
Bzdury opowiadasz.
@ahmudgoldstein98583 жыл бұрын
Hi Trev, I'm gonna surprise you: name Trevor has no specific Polish analog because it's also Polish name even if sounds more Anglo-saxon. Guess what? You have your official nameday in Poland: March 14th! Check out this link: www.imiona.ovh/Trevor.html
@SoniaPrazona4 жыл бұрын
Actually, nameday isn't celebrated by every Polish man. I'm from Silesia (Śląsk) and it isn't very common in here. I often wonder why people from e.g. Warsaw do celebrate that. It seems to me a little strange 😂
@RLaov4 жыл бұрын
Bo to jest gorolskie święto 😏
@TheFossil764 жыл бұрын
Folk 'wet T-shirt competition' .
@Terrus_384 жыл бұрын
Śmigus dyngus isn't only folk, everybody does that xD I don't know anyonw who doesn't do that :) Old and young, everybody does that :P
@kinga66064 жыл бұрын
I think celebrating name day in Poland is not that popular in younger generations. Or maybe it's just people that I know. Someone correct me please if I'm wrong :) Anyway, I do not celebrate it. I only remember that some of the kids were bringing sweets to school when we were young and they were giving them away to classmates during one of the lessons (same as during their birthday) :)
@yourlocal_polishcrackhead69294 жыл бұрын
Iam Polish
@Fissum4 жыл бұрын
CD Projekt RED
@gregherman38164 жыл бұрын
Come down under and see what space is ... no disrespect
@pcoll1004 жыл бұрын
You look a lot like Baker Mayfield!
@monikafrydrych79754 жыл бұрын
I've learn sth new ;-)
@khadajhin51304 жыл бұрын
Learnt or learned. A past form should be used if you use present perfect.
@supreme33764 жыл бұрын
Actually it means that if you it well wishes for girl for marriage
@akinisuraj20264 жыл бұрын
Haha when you put simple word (Poland) and you have already much polish people in commends
@rpra64354 жыл бұрын
There is a lot of topics but because of Real life i cannot for now write So much So i Will limit to Say that our Malbork Castle you know... Was... Lol build by german knights 😃😃😃
@ukaszstanisawowski77504 жыл бұрын
Cyberpunk 2077
@akasharaider56444 жыл бұрын
Actually Poland was way bigger... From sea to sea... Mostly Germany and Russia cuts us down... :/
@zanetabatko4 жыл бұрын
I do it smigus dyngus here in the us to my husband and record funny videos
@CRIPPTER_574 жыл бұрын
Do u have polish roots???
@isaac37474 жыл бұрын
I think he just visited for a long time
@dns70954 жыл бұрын
Sano Sweet his gf is polish
@Luke-qj5jn4 жыл бұрын
not related to the video: your girlfriend looks exactly like someone I used to know back in Chicago...
@rhiannamr4 жыл бұрын
Good effort this video is but you speak so quickly and a lot of facts just when way too quickly 😰