Source: TV - No Access PolandBrzeg, PolandSHOTLIST:1. Various of warm up 2. Man wearing string of flowers around his neck3. Men in fancy dress4. Various women wearing lingerie5. SOUNDBITE: (Polish) no name available, swimmer (dressed as a vampire):"At this time of the year we wake up to have one cold bath and then go back to normal. We wake up at midnight, everyday. I'm sorry for my pronunciation defect but my dentist has gone mad." 6. Pan people dancing during the warm up 7. Mid women dancing 8. Various of people running before entering the water 9. SOUNDBITE: (Polish) Jurek Karczewski, swimmer:"It's a normal thing. All those people who begin to do this would be delighted." 10. Various of people entering the water 11. Various of people dancing and singing in the water 12. SOUNDBITE: (Polish) no name available, swimmer:"It's not cold. It burns a little but it's all right." 13. SOUNDBITE: (Polish) no name available, swimmer:"No prescriptions, no colds. What can I say more. My mood is better. It's just better." 14. Various of people in the water 15. SOUNDBITE: (Polish) no name available, swimmer: "Look at those who swim. Which one is unhappy? The sad ones are on the shore or on a pier." 16. Six year old girl in water 17. Various of people getting out of waterSTORYLINE:Over two hundred people from across Poland took part in a special swim in the freezing water of the village of Stare Jablonki on Sunday.The youngest swimmer was six years old and the oldest over 80. Many of the participants wore fancy dress with a vampire, the cartoon character Pink Panther and others among the swimmers. The ice-cold bath in Jablonki in the south-east of the country, is the biggest event of this type in Poland. Every swimmer has got their own reasons for taking part.Some do it for health, some treat it as a part of rehabilitation. Everybody stressed though that the most important part of swimming in cold water is a proper warm up. Many complained that the water temperature of four Celsius degrees (39 degrees Fahrenheit) was too high however.They were waiting for the real winter and temperatures minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit) and lower.
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