Music in Hungary

In other countries there are many kinds of music, for example, rock, hip-hop, pop, jazz, funky, blues,R&B. You can find these music types in Hungary, too. 

There is another music genre, which is very special, and it’s called Hungarian Folk music.
In my opinion, it’s a really good thing that our country has such an unusual music style.
Many people don’t like it because folk music contains old traditional Hungarian songs and it has got a really different sounding than the ones today. Maybe that’s the reason why young people aren’t keen on listening to it, they may consider it embarrassing.

   

                                                       

                                          
   The men who perform folk music wear black trousers and white shirts and a hat. Women wear old traditional dresses with red tulips on it, and their hair is braided in two pigtails tied with red ribbons.
As for me it’s entertaining and I’m proud to be a Hungarian!

Made By: Alexandra Sátly

Famous Hungarian Inventors and Sportsmen

Hungary has got a lot of famous sportsmen and inventors who reached incredible achievements. They made Hungary well-known and made a better world with their inventions. They are also in the improving of the modern age.

Our sportsmen also reached awards and trophies, on world tournaments and championships or on Olympic Games. We have a lot outstanding sportsmen such as:

Ferenc Puskás: He was a world famous Hungarian football player, who played in a world class football club, Real Madrid. He has played in the Hungarian Goldteam which won a gold medal on the Olympic games in 1952. They also won a silver medal on the World Cup in 1954.

Krisztina Egerszegi: She is a famous Hungarian swimmer who earned five Olympic gold medals. She is a multiple World and European swimming tournaments winner. She is also the youngest swimmer who is an Olympic champion since 1988.

Aladár Gerevich: He is a hungarian fencing champion for thirty-four times. He gained seven gold medals on Olympic games.

Hungary has got a crowd of brilliant scientists and artificer. Some of them immigrated to other countries to work out their new inventions. There are some inventors that I would like to introduce and their works:

Ernő Rubik: He was a Hungarian architect and game builder. He used his knowledge to invent logical games. His world famous games are Rubik cube, snake and square.

József Galamb: He was a constructor who immigrated to America and helped to build the Ford T- model. His inventions are the carburettor and the planetary gears transmission.

Albert Szent-Györgyi: He was a Hungarian biochemist who got the Nobel and the Kossuth award. His scientific achievement is the exploration of the C and P vitamin.

            These scientists, inventors and sportsmen are the prides of our country. They made our land better known.



Made By: Richárd Kosztel

Hungarian traditions

Busójárás („Busó-walking")

 It is an annual celebration of the people living in the town of Mohács held at the end of the Carnival season (Farsang), ending the day before Ash Wednesday. The celebration features Busós (people wearing traditional masks) and includes folk music, masquerading, parades and dancing. Busójárás lasts six days, usually during February. It starts on a Thursday, followed by the Kisfarsang (Little Farsang) carnival on Friday, with the biggest celebration, Farsang vasárnap (Farsang Sunday) on the seventh Sunday before Easter Sunday; the celebration then ends with Farsangtemetés (Burial of Farsang) on the following Tuesday.

International Workers' Day

Also known as Labor Day or May Day, is a celebration of laborers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labor movement and occurs every year on May 1.

In many countries a traditional European spring celebration and public holiday, May Day, also occurs on or around May 1. Therefore, while May 1 is a national public holiday in many countries, in only some of those countries is it celebrated specifically as Labor Day or International Workers' Day.

Május fa (May tree, Maypole)

A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, around which a maypole dance often takes place.

The festival is on May Day , although in some countries it is instead erected at Midsummer. In some cases the maypole is a permanent feature that is only utilised during the festival, although in other cases it is erected specifically for the purpose before being taken down again.

 

Easter

Easter or Resurrection Sunday is a festival and holiday celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred three days after his crucifixion by Romans at Calvary.

The week before Easter is called Holy Week, and it contains the days of the Easter Triduum, including Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday), commemorating the Last Supper and its preceding foot washing, as well as Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus.

Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar. The date of Easter therefore varies from 22 March to 25 April inclusive. 

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Hungarian celebrities

Győző Gáspár

He is a gipsy show man. He has got two children Evelin and Virág and a wife Gáspárné Balla Beáta. He had his own show in 2005. The title of the show was 'Győzike show', which showed the life of his family. He is known to have a crazy personality.

Krisztián Berki

He was the CEO of the gymnastics club of Ferencvaros. Now he's a bodybuilder and a business man and you can also see him in the Hungarian TV show called 'Édes élet, ‘Sweet Life'. He's really an egoist but very rich. He has got a daughter Natasa Berki and a girlfriend called Pamela Hodi.

Virág Voksán "Dj Flower"

She became known as a model. She featured in a lot of magazines. In 2006 she met with Hugh Heffner, the creator of Playboy magazine. She had many plastic surgeries. She started her Dj career in 2009. She travelled the world and was a DJ in the biggest parties.

Regina Dukai

She started singing at a young age and attended many concerts. Later she worked as a model at several magazines. She has 3 music videos. She's the main model of Mayo Chix, she's the first one to try on and show new clothes.

Linda Zimány

She's a famous model. She was in a lot of magazines and in a few music videos. She dated with the famous footballer Balázs Dzsudzsák and Ferenc Kedves who is a billionare.

Bettina Nagy

She's a 2 times world champion fitness model. She started her career in 2010 and had a great success. She had some TV appearance and gave several interviews.

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Hungarian dishes

Food in Hungary is tasty, but not very healthy, because we eat a lot of greasy food. We don’t eat enough fresh vegetables. The best known Hungarian dish is goulash.

We make a lot of dishes with paprika in it, for example goulash, stews, chicken paprika, or Hungarian fish soup. A lot of dishes have sour cream on top. We use cottage cheese with many different dishes, for example: dumplings, strudels, pies or pasta topped with cottage cheese and sour cream. We also use poppy seeds to make sweet dishes, for example: poppy seeds pancakes with hot berry sauce.

We take great pride in fish dishes, the Hungarian fish soup is a substantial meal in itself.

Hungary is a soup-eating nation. A complete three-course meal always starts with a soup. Soup is usually followed by some kind of meat dish with potato, pasta or ice garnishing. Pickles or salad are made from seasonal vegetables accompany meat dishes.Pörkölts and paprikás are the most popular meat dishes. Pörkölt is a ragout made from pork, beef or mutton or chicken with onions and Hungarian paprika powder as the main spice. If you have a sweet tooth you do not want to miss luscious Hungarian cakes, scrumptious pastries. Must-try desserts include: Dobos Cake, Krémes, Strudels, Rigó Jancsi, Rákóczi Túrós, Kürtős kalács, Túró Rudi.

 

I lay the table as I sometimes do for a Sunday lunch. I spread a nice white cloth over the dining table. I put out the dinner plates first, then the soup plates. The knife and spoon go on the right-handside, the napkin and the fork on the left. I put the side plates, goblets, glasses and dessertspoons in front of the plates. Finally I try not to forget about the saltcellar, the pepperpot and the toothpicks either.

Made By: Fruzsina Bratkovics