Dyngus Day in Buffalo is a joyous Polish party like no other
BUFFALO — A jolly priest ran down Broadway in a drenched black robe, flinging holy water at post-Lenten revelers from a small broom. A man in a cowboy hat hung out the window of a butter yellow Chrysler Newport and tossed Paschal lambs made out of butter. A crowd of thousands had gathered for the Easter Monday parade, many armed with water guns and long pussy-willow branches.
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