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. 

Made By: Viktória Nagy