Spring in Transylvania: Wake Up and Splash (or Be Splashed)

Spring in Transylvania: Wake Up and Splash (or Be Splashed)
POLAND 200 Miles UKRAINE SLOVAKIA MOLDOVA HUNGARY Sancraieni TRANSYLVANIA REGION ROMANIA SERBIA Bucharest Black Sea Adriatic Sea Danube BULGARIA TURKEY POLAND
200 Miles UKRAINE SLOVAKIA MOLDOVA HUNGARY Sancraieni TRANSYLVANIA REGION ROMANIA SERBIA Bucharest Danube Black Sea BULGARIA TURKEY APRIL 18, 2017
Mr. Gal said that It’s an important event for us
On Monday morning, about two dozen young men in traditional attire — high black boots, black hats, white shirts
and cream-colored trousers resembling riding breeches — gathered at the home of Koppany Gal, 23, who works at a hospital.
By PALKO KARASZAPRIL 18, 2017
SANCRAIENI, Romania — Young men in Sancraieni have risen early on Easter Monday for as long as anyone can remember.
"The tradition is kept to varying degrees from village to village, depending on the degree of isolation
and the ethnic groups." Easter has become secularized in most of Europe, with a steady decline in religion and churchgoing.
They could expect to eat and drink well that day: Girls
and their mothers around the village typically spend the weekend preparing pastries, drinks and snacks, including eggs colored red.
The men would recite a poem ending, "May I pour?" After one woman consented with a cheerful if predictable
"yes," two men held her as a third threw cold water from a bucket rimmed with red carnations.