Old Cracow custom Rękawka

Old Cracow custom 

called Rękawka

is celebrated every year on Tuesday after Easter.

It is the way of welcoming spring

and also has the function of Spring Dziady

(a feast to commemorate the dead).

This pagan ceremony

was usually followed by a fair and folk plays.

Nowadays its goal is to see the reconstruction of

some Slavic ceremonies, people dressed as middle ages warriors

and generally to enjoy 3rd day of Easter :)

It always takes place next to Krakus Mound

where according to the legend Krakus,

founder of Cracow, was buried. 

The ceremony of lighting up fire

Welcoming spring :3

Traditional spices

Podpłomyki

The kind of flat bread commonly eaten in old Slavic times.