TO INVITE AND WELCOME SPRING, AS WELL AS ARRANGE PROPER FAREWELL FOR WINTER, THE SLAVS WOULD CELEBRATE AND OLD PAGAN CUSTOM KNOWN AS THE "SINKING OF MARZANNA". EACH SPRING AN EFFIGY OF "OLD WOMAN WINTER" MADE FROM SHEAVES OF GRAIN WAS CARRIED THROUGH THE VILLAGE AND THROWN, AMID REJOICING, INTO THE NEAREST RIVER TO BANISH THE COLD OF WINTER AND WELCOME THE WARMTH OF SPRING. THIS DROWNING OF " MARZANNA "IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE SUN'S REBIRTH, HOW IT COMES BACK, IT'S RAYS STRONGER, MELTING SNOW AND BRINGING IN SPRING, LIFE. THIS RITUAL IS STILL DONE TODAY IN CERTAIN RURAL AREAS OF THE SLAVIC COUNTRIES.
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