Polish Easter custom - Bziuki - fire, cannon, drums

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A local tradition in the village of Koprzywnica - firefighters spit fire during mass service on Good Saturday. They also play drums and sometimes shoot a cannon.
Long ago under partitions tsarist authorities forbade noisy celebrations at Easter - so the villagers invented a silent but very spectacular way.




































More:
fotoreporter.info.pl/bziuki-w-koprzywnicy/
nadwisla24.pl/2013/04/03/widowiskowe-bziuki-w-koprzywnicy-fotoreportaz/