Hungary Local Customs

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Anniversary of 1956 Hungarian Revolution

by hopang

23rd October is a public holiday in Hungary due to the failed 1956 Hungarian Revolution. It is generally quite quiet in the cities as most Hungarians stay at home. All shops in large shopping centers such as the Westend City Center in Budapest close except for a few eateries and entertainment outlets like casinos, video game arcades and cinemas. Events, displays and demonstrations are held on the streets in the cities on this day to mark the occasion. Stores dealing in 1956 Hungarian Revolution commemoratives can be seen on the streets in Budapest.A bit about the history:It began as a student protest nationwide and turned into uprising against the Soviet-backed Communist government of Hungary on 23rd October, 1956 and lasted until 10th November, 1956. Rebels won the first phase of the revolution and Nagy Imre became the prime minister. He declared Hungarian neutrality on 1st November,...

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Hungarian name days (névnapok)

by tamasbr

Originating from the Christian Church tradition of naming new born children after Saints, The Hungarian Name Day is celebrated more than Birthdays. You wish people Happy Name day in Hungary; boldog névnapot kívánok (neked)! I wish you a happy name-day! Ladies are generally given flowers not cakes. Men usually get alcholic drinks. Children receive chocolates.If you need to know whoose name day is when, here is a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_days_in_Hungary. I have also provided a link in resources below which include Hungarian name days as well as a few of the other nations practising this tradition.A typical Hungarian calendar will contain the name of the person for the day.The tradition began in the middle ages and is practiced in many Countries today, especially in Latin America, Eastern Europe,France,Germany,Greece, Italy,Russia, and Sweden.Since Name Days are very...

The "hedgie"

by GyuriFT

My kids who grew up in the States were surprised to see an uncommon animal in the garden.We weren't surprised. We missed these cuties in America. In Buda mountains hedgehog is almost a domestic animal!Warning: they are common and aren't afraid of people. But do not touch them - a hedgehog in wild usually has some parasites. And besides... it can be painful to touch them.This cutie greeted us with loud hissing and angry low-pitch noise. My wife threw a piece of apple. Hedgie didn't seem to appreciate our generousity. After I took the pictures he was still there... for a while.In the morning he disappeared - and so did the apple.

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August 20th - Hungary's National Day

by ant1606

August 20th is Hungary's National Day. A lot is going on through the country but Budapest is probably the place to be to enjoy the celebrations.An air show takes place above downtown and a good spot to see the evolutions pattern is the hill in Buda, on the right bank of the Danube.Thousands of joyful people fill the streets, eager to witness the fireworks at the end of the day. The show is probably best seen from the hilltop although I imagine it too crowded a place for the occasion, choosing Erzsebet Bridge proved a good combination of viewing angle and vital space around us.

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Food

by ant1606

Hungarian excellent cuisine is not as varied as one could expect and, due to historical reasons, it's spicier but not too different from what can be found in parts of Austria and Germany. Pastry and dessert are then quite noticeable, such as the "palacsinta" (technically a pancake) and a number of cakes. The palacsinta can also be served as a main course in a non-sweet version, similarly to the French "crepe".Two among Hungarians' favorite are soups and meat dishes, which couldn't be combined in a better marriage than the goulash soup, or "gulyasleves" in local language. Diced beef and an array of vegetables are hardly seen as they plunge in the heavily red broth, the color given by "paprika" which is ground red chili pepper. The dish is mildly spicy hot but the level depends on the cook as two types of paprika, the mild and the hot, are mixed during preparation. Gulyas is also available...

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What is a town in Hungary?

by budapest8

In Hungary, a village can gain the status of "város" (town), if it meets a set of diverse conditions for quality of life and development of certain public services and utilities (e.g. having a local secondary school or installing full-area sewage collection pipe network). Every year the Minister of Internal Affairs selects candidates from a committee-screened list of applicants, whom the President of Republic usually affirms by issuing a bill of town's rank to them. Since being a town carries extra fiscal support from the government, many relatively small villages try to win the status of "városi rang" nowadays.Before the fall of communism in 1990, Hungarian villages under 10,000 residents were not allowed to become towns. Recently some settlements as small as 2,500 souls have received the rank of town (e.g. Zalakaros or Gönc) and meeting the conditions of development are often...

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Egg painting in Hungary at Eastertime

by budapest8

There are many different painting method alive. The simplest way is to cook the egg envelopped into a dented leaf, in painting water. The covered part of the egg remains white and will show the pattern of the leaf.Painting liquid can be made from onion skin, wild pear, green walnut or other vegetables yielding different natural colours.Sometimes women "write the egg". They draw folk patterns on the egg by melted wax and put the eggs into painting after this. The egg remains white below the wax and will show the pattern.But the most beautiful eggs are painted by hand with different colours following traditional folk patterns.I will try to get my 7 year old daughter topaint some eggs. We usually make monster face eggs....

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Sprinkling at Easter

by budapest8

SprinklingThe old tradition is shown on the first two pictures. These photos here show folk costumes that people wear just for special occasions today. Today women wear casual dresses for sprinkling, not folk costumes. Also, men sprinkle with cologne, not with water. A couple of decades ago men poured water on women in rural areas and women changed their clothes after each sprinkling. Boys often dragged girls to the well and poured water on them with pail. Sometimes they washed them in creek.The possible reason for this very old tradition is that people believed in the cleaning, healing and fertility effect of water.Sprinkling Easter is a 2-day holiday in Hungary. On Monday boys and men visit all of their women relatives, friends, neighbors, often even if they are not close friends. Boys in small groups, fathers with their sons, or single men leave early in the morning and their "tour"...

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Easter Folk customs in Hungary

by budapest8

There are a lot of interesting folk customs still alive all over Hungary. Many of them are connected with religious holidays, while others have older origins, from early, sometimes from prehistoric years. The two, most known customs of Easter are the "sprinkling" and the egg-painting. Both are very common in both urban and rural areas, among people of every age-group.

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Hungarian Customs

by budapest8

These pages are about Hungarian customs, food, folkcostumes and other interesting facts . Hungary is a country with a 1000 year-old culture and traditions that survived centuries. This nation is not related to any of its neighbors, the closest relative is the Finnish nation. They change the first and last names like Chinese people, they have a dazzling folk art and unique religious traditions. I will put new pages here if I have time, so please, check back occassionally.

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