Monday after Easter in Ukraine is called Polivny or Dragging. On this day, it is customary to visit each other, and the guys pour water on the girls they like..

The holiday is associated with traditions that our ancestors followed for a long time..

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What is customary to do on Watering Monday.

On this day, from dawn, young men pour water on the unmarried girls they like.. In some regions, it was also customary to water passers-by, acquaintances and friends.. Sometimes watering lasts more than one day.

In some regions, there was also a custom when an unmarried girl was taken out into the yard, and the young men had to pour it over her neck three times with the words “Christ is risen! After that, the girl invited the young men to the house and handed each krashanki.

On Monday, godchildren also go to the bones of godparents and bring gifts with them..

The tradition of visiting is not only for godchildren, it is customary to bring paska and krashanka as a gift.

In Polissya on Monday it was customary to go to cemeteries and visit the graves of deceased relatives. Godfathers visited each other.