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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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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Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age – Exhibition in the Museum of Fine Arts

Between 31 October 2014 and 15 February 2015 Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age, a large-scale exhibition is held in the Museum of Fine Arts surveying the period of 17th-century Dutch art, one of the golden ages of European culture.

 

 

News Art and Culture in Vienna

Art and Culture in Vienna

Velázquez, Painter to the King

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From 28 October 2014 to 15 February 2015 at the Art History Museum

Diego Velázquez (1599-1660), who at the age of 24 was appointed the position of Court Painter to King Philip IV, was especially known for his portraits of the Spanish Infantas and Infantes. The Art History Museum is currently showing his extensive work in an outstanding exhibition, which also presents pieces on loan from the Prado in Madrid, the National Gallery in London, and many other establishments. One of the highlights of this exhibition is the famous “Rokeby Venus”.

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