NEW YORK, USA - JANUARY 01 ( Atılgan Özdil - Anadolu Agency )
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Brojni građani New Yorka skakanjem u vodu i plivanjem u Atlantskom okeanu obilježili su prvi dan nove 2019. godine.
Nekoliko hiljada hrabrih kupača u kupaćim i drugim šarolikim kostimima zaronilo je u ledeni Atlantski okean na Coney Islandu u ritualu koji se tradicionalno održava na prvi dan nove godine u organizaciji Kluba polarnih medvjeda.
Mnogi kupači ipak su se samo kratko zadržali u vodi i zatim pojurili za ručnicima, prekrivačima i vrućim čajem pripremljenim na obali.
Svi plivači koji su ušli u more dobili su potvrdu o učešću od kluba utemeljenog 1903. godine koji rado ističe da je najstariji zimski plivački klub u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama.
NEW YORK, USA – JANUARY 01: Participants are seen in the water during a polar bear plunge at the beach in Coney Island in New York, United States on January 01, 2019. ( Atılgan Özdil – Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA – JANUARY 01: Participants are seen in the water during a polar bear plunge at the beach in Coney Island in New York, United States on January 01, 2019. ( Atılgan Özdil – Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA – JANUARY 01: Participants are seen in the water during a polar bear plunge at the beach in Coney Island in New York, United States on January 01, 2019. ( Atılgan Özdil – Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA – JANUARY 01: Participants are seen in the water during a polar bear plunge at the beach in Coney Island in New York, United States on January 01, 2019. ( Atılgan Özdil – Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA – JANUARY 01: Participants are seen in the water during a polar bear plunge at the beach in Coney Island in New York, United States on January 01, 2019. ( Atılgan Özdil – Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA – JANUARY 01: Participants are seen in the water during a polar bear plunge at the beach in Coney Island in New York, United States on January 01, 2019. ( Atılgan Özdil – Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA – JANUARY 01: Participants are seen in the water during a polar bear plunge at the beach in Coney Island in New York, United States on January 01, 2019. ( Atılgan Özdil – Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA – JANUARY 01: Participants are seen in the water during a polar bear plunge at the beach in Coney Island in New York, United States on January 01, 2019. ( Atılgan Özdil – Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA – JANUARY 01 ( Atılgan Özdil – Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA – JANUARY 01: Participants are seen in the water during a polar bear plunge at the beach in Coney Island in New York, United States on January 01, 2019. ( Atılgan Özdil – Anadolu Agency )
Klub zapravo organizira kupanje svake sedmice od novembra do aprila, ali novogodišnji dan privuče najveći broj kupača spremnih okušati se u ulozi “medvjeda”, piše Anadolija.
Inače, ovaj tradicionalni događaj u New Yorku se održava od daleke 1903. godine.
Ova praksa je također zabilježena od Australije i Južne Afrike pa do brojnih evropskih zemalja gdje su brojni građani skakali u ledenohladna mora, rijeke i jezera.
