The heathen Polish custom of drowning Marzanna (straw effigy representing winter) is now celebrated around March 21st (first day of spring) or on the 4th Sunday of Lent. The custom symbolizes the departure of winter and is rooted in pre-Christian Slavic rites that were performed to summon the spring. Originally it was celebrated during the spring equinox as a religious feast of the Slavic pagans, and it survived over the last thousand years despite the huge impact of Christianity and countless efforts of erasing that custom from the Polish countryside. So let's drown Marzanna, and afterwards let's welcome Spring at the wedding in Gorzko Gorzko. Dance, drink and be merry!