http://wyrk.com Today's Country And Your All-Time Favorites Fri, 24 May 2013 23:35:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://wyrk.com/its-dyngus-day-videos/ http://wyrk.com/its-dyngus-day-videos/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:03:34 +0000 Josh http://wyrk.com/?p=188525 Happy Dyngus Day to all of WYRK's faithful listeners!

]]> http://wyrk.com/its-dyngus-day-videos/feed/ 0 Flickr.com- user p_d_s http://wyrk.com/dyngus-day-in-buffalo-video/ http://wyrk.com/dyngus-day-in-buffalo-video/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:00:15 +0000 John La Mond http://wyrk.com/?p=76816 Happy Dyngus Day! To many people in Buffalo's Polish community, today is one of the most important days of the year. Dyngus Day is always the Monday after Easter. It's a day when Polish people take time to celebrate that Jesus has risen and that the sacrifices of the Lenten season are over with

]]> http://wyrk.com/dyngus-day-in-buffalo-video/feed/ 0 http://wyrk.com/happy-dyngus-day/ http://wyrk.com/happy-dyngus-day/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:00:10 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=77515 There are places in this country that observe it, but nobody celebrates it like we do in Buffalo.  It’s an old Polish tradition called Dyngus Day.  It commemorates the baptism of Poland's first Christian prince

]]> http://wyrk.com/happy-dyngus-day/feed/ 0 Dancing at Central Terminal on Dyngus Day (buffalocentralterminal@Flickr) http://wyrk.com/buffalo-prepares-for-dyngus-day-on-monday-video/ http://wyrk.com/buffalo-prepares-for-dyngus-day-on-monday-video/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:00:38 +0000 John La Mond http://wyrk.com/?p=76819 Buffalo, NY is the Dyngus Day capital of the world. Dyngus Day is the Monday after Easter and a day when people celebrate Spring, Polish pride and the end of the lenten season. You don't have to be Polish to celebrate Dyngus Day

]]> http://wyrk.com/buffalo-prepares-for-dyngus-day-on-monday-video/feed/ 0 http://wyrk.com/a-buffalo-polish-tradition/ http://wyrk.com/a-buffalo-polish-tradition/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:00:24 +0000 John La Mond http://wyrk.com/?p=76803 It has been said that 1 in 3 people in the Buffalo area have a Polish connection. Polish roots run very deep here in Buffalo. Because of our large Polish population, most of us have been exposed to Polish customs and food

]]> http://wyrk.com/a-buffalo-polish-tradition/feed/ 0 John La Mond images http://wyrk.com/where-to-party-tonight-on-dyngus-day/ http://wyrk.com/where-to-party-tonight-on-dyngus-day/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:00:46 +0000 John La Mond http://wyrk.com/?p=15843 Many of my Polish friends will be out celebrating Dyngus day tonight.  Here in Buffalo, this Polish tradition seems to be getting stronger and stronger every year.  If you have your pussy willows and your squirt guns ready, then you are probably ready for Dyngus Day

]]> http://wyrk.com/where-to-party-tonight-on-dyngus-day/feed/ 0 John La Mond Images http://wyrk.com/how-to-get-your-polish-groove-on/ http://wyrk.com/how-to-get-your-polish-groove-on/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:00:12 +0000 John La Mond http://wyrk.com/?p=15633 They say that 1 in 3 people in Buffalo has a Polish connection.  Polish traditions run deep here in Buffalo.  From the Broadway Market to our Polish churchs to Dyngus Day, we embrace all things Polish

]]> http://wyrk.com/how-to-get-your-polish-groove-on/feed/ 0 John La Mond Images http://wyrk.com/buffalos-polish-easter-customs-dales-daily-data/ http://wyrk.com/buffalos-polish-easter-customs-dales-daily-data/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:00:47 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=15530 Since Buffalo has a heavy Polish heritage I thought we’d tell you about some of the old Polish customs of Easter week – in which Polish Catholics spend the most time in devotion to the church

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