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Explore Hungarian Folk Culture at the Museum of Ethnography’s Autumn Celebration

The Museum’s autumn festival in Budapest, from 25 to 27 October, will feature family activities, guided tours, folk performances, and craft workshops, showcasing Hungarian folk traditions and cultural heritage….
A couple jumping over fire on St Ivan's Night on 23 June 2021 in Nyíregyháza, at the Sóstó Village Museum.

Midsummer Night in Hungary: Celebrating Light Over Darkness

St Ivan’s Night has always been considered magical by the Nordic and Slavic peoples, but it has special folk traditions linked to it in Hungary as well. Various practices are employed during this time, which are related to healing, purification,…

Folk Art Exhibition in Kunsthalle Budapest — The Shapes of the Hungarian Soul

‘Hungarian folk art passes messages from spirit to spirit, and although it has various ramifications, ultimately its unity is unbreakable,’ the chief curator of the folk arts and crafts exhibition titled SoulShapes Mihály Vetró says….

The Stork — A Bird that Has a Special Place in the Hearts of Hungarians

Every year, storks make a long and perilous journey from their wintering grounds in Africa back to their breeding grounds in Central Europe and Asia, and in the Hungarian culture, their return in spring is always a cause for celebration….

The Art of Eternalizing Vanishing Communities: An Interview with Photographer Zsófia Mohos

Zsófia Mohos has managed to capture a part of Hungary where the culture and traditions are still kept, but are beginning to fade away. Her project ‘Görbeország’, for which she received the Audience Award of Highlights of Hungary, aims to…

Easter Celebrations to Last Four Days in Hollókő

The four-day Hollókő Easter Festival includes folk programs, Palóc cuisine, bucket-dumping water fights, Kerekes Band and Parno Graszt concerts, as well as children’s programmes….

‘It Is an Elementary Need to Lift Our Spirits’ — Rebeka Méry on Folk Music and Folk Spirit

She came from the small Slovakian town of Somorja, then the ‘splendid statelessness’ took her far away. With her dreamfolk-style songs about the stories of our ancestors, Upper Hungarian singer Rebeka Méry wants to convey what she has brought from…

The Day of Hungarian Folk Tales

On 30 September, Hungary celebrates its folk tale heritage. Folk stories teach Hungarian children about the importance of courage, love and honesty on the journey of life….

A Queen Loved Beyond Her Borders: The British Royal Family’s Special Relationship with Hungary

Mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Hungary remembers her historic visit in 1993, when she expressed joy over the country joining the family of democratic Western nations after decades of state socialist rule. Over the years, not only Her…
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Tradition – Constancy Is More Important than Change

The revival and reinstatement of tradition, its restoration if you like, is by no means self-contradictory, and constancy is a more important element of tradition than change….

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