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Photo Story: Traditional Easter celebrations in Poland amid lockdown

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A Polish boy throws water over a girl on Wet Monday in Szczecin, northwestern Poland, 13 April 2020.

Wet Monday is a Catholic celebration held on Easter Monday mostly in Poland, but also in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and some parts of western Ukraine.

Due to the lockdown it is forbidden to celebrate this holiday in public.

Easter celebrations in Poland amid lockdown
A Polish girl throws water over a boy on Wet Monday in Szczecin, northwestern Poland. EPA-EFE/Marcin Bielecki

 

Via EPA-EFE/Marcin Bielecki

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