Happy first day of SPRING!

Spring waking up to life 
 Wiosna budząca się do życia
by Lookarna

And HERE is about this year's Drowning in Glasgow / Scotland.

Marzanna in art

Morana's heart by Lilac Hell

Lithuanian Marzanna---Fruit-Goddess-by Suzanna Komza

Marzanna by evelineaerato



Marzanna by Moka Te

Marzanna by Mrsseclipse

Morana by Fuchskauz

Morana i Świcien najmłodszy z Miesiąców (source)

Morena Marzanna by Anna Szałas

Morena by Jankolas

Drowning Marzanna 2016

Dear All,

It is time again to drown the goddess of winter Marzanna!

After 6 years of organising this event for large and diverse audiences, we hope this ancient Slavic tradition is now well established in Glasgow.

This time we'd like you to take matters into your own hands and to create your own effigies of Marzanna and drown them in small groups. We would like to encourage you to send us photos and videos of your drownings so we can share them on our blog www.cosmopolis10.blogspot.co.uk and through social media. Let's welcome spring to Scotland! Let's celebrate, wherever you are!

Here are some important tips:

* As far as we are aware, gatherings in parks larger than 20 people require permission from the City Council, which is far too late to organise, therefore we encourage you to stick to a small group of your family and friends.

* When you're making your Marzanna, please use ECOLOGICAL materials: straw, hay, paper, leaves, wood, vegetables, etc. Please do not use plastic, clothes or other materials that would pollute the river.

* It is worth making sure the photos / videos of your drowning are of decent quality. Please send them to cosmopolis10@gmail.com so we can share them with others. (the submission of pictures is tantamount to consent to their publication)

* Dead-line for sending your photos is April the 4th.

Time to say 'good bye' to winter in a good old-fashioned manner!

We wish you many creative ideas! Have fun!

Cosmopolis Drowning Team 

Drowning video

Andrew Queen & Marzanna
photo by Stephen Foster

We're finally publishing the video of this year's Drowning Marzanna Spring Festival in Glasgow!

The event was organised by: Marzanna Antoniak, Anna Strzalkowska, John Cavanagh, Ashley Holdsworth, Andrew Queen and Kasia Korzeniowska.

Music: Wilf James, Colin MacLennan, Dagmara Lesiow-Laszczewska, Iain MacLachlan, Stepan zatkulak, Susan McNaughton, Miro Cuba and Fiona Frank.

The film was produced by Vilte Vaitkute and a team of film-makers from Migrant Voice as part of the project Many Voices, One Community.

A huge thank you to the film-makers, musicians, photographers and other supporters, and to all who participated in the event. Another Drowning in only about 9 months!

Verse Universe recording

Here is a recording of our Verse Universe from the 4th of June.
We had the pleasure to hear performances in 8 languages.
Our performers in the order as they appeared on the day:

Fuad Alakbarov - traditional Azeri song
Inga Sempel - a poem in Italian

Owen McAulay and John McAulay - 'The Story of Shaker Aamer'

Amparo Fortuny - a poem in Spanish

Fadi Alchairi - an Arabic song

Macgillivray - a performance in Gaelic, English and ... 

Ivonne Iser - her own poem in German

Anna Strzałkowska - poetry in Polish

John Cavanagh - poetry of Ivor Cutler

Marzanna Antoniak - a poem in Polish