Interesting facts about Hungary

Interesting facts about Hungary

Do you know what are our peculiar traditions during Easter?

On morning of Easter Monday, chanting old rhymes, girls are sprinkled with perfumes. According to old country customs, boys used to throw buckets of fresh water over girls in marriageable age. The ritual now involves women and men regardless of age. In return, boys are offered hand painted Easter eggs (symbols of fertility), home-made cakes and palinka. Hungarian Easter eggs have special ornaments, symbols, colours and techniques of decoration that vary from region to region. The special feature of Easter Monday is the Easter feast. The rich meal includes home-made ham, lamb dishes, fresh spring onion, radish and horseradish.

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Sziget Festival • 10-17 August 2015 • Budapest, Hungary

On an island, surrounded by beautiful trees, in the Hungarian capital, thousands of young people meet to enjoy the Sziget Festival. What is offered by the festival is extraordinary: apart from the variety of music genres, dozens of programs are organized. In 2014, at the 6th Annual European Festival Awards, that took place at Groningen’s De Oosterpoort, in The Netherlands, the Sziget Festival reclaimed its title of the Best Major Festival in Europe!

 

Hollókő Easter Festival

Hollókő Easter Festival • 4-6 April 2015 • Hollókő

Since 1987, Hollókő has been part of the UNESCO world heritage. The revival of Palóc folk traditions, the village life of past times is now demonstrated together with Easter folk customs. One can try painting eggs, jiggering and many other handcrafts. Easter can certainly not pass without the tradition of boys throwing buckets of water over girls.

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