Turned Away, 2012

turned away, 2012

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Effigies of Marzanna, gaiki and palmy in a procession. Płock, Poland, 1971.

Marzanna is a Slavic goddess of winter, whose effigies are drowned and/or burned in Poland around the spring equinox even nowadays. They’re then replaced by gaiki - colorful decorations made of green branches decorated with various ribbons and flowers, which represent the spring and the ‘reborn’ nature. Gaiki were possibly connected to the Slavic feast of Jare Gody and the spring god Jaryło/Jarilo.

While the effigies of Marzanna kept a very clear connection to the pre-Christian goddess (however usually belittled and called just ‘winter’) and the ancient rites, custom of walking with gaiki was partly syncretized to appear for example as very colorful ‘palmy’ (palms) during the Christian feast of the Palm Sunday before Easter.

Photos taken by Józef Burszta, via cyfrowearchiwum.amu.edu.pl

A computer representation of Jupiter’s atmosphere, sourced from NASA’s 1978 Aeronautics and Space Report.

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