"The Carnival is organised each February in Gyula. Thanks to its atmospheric centre and historic past this city is an excellent venue for the revival of Renaissance traditions. The focus of the Carnival is on the joyful aspects of Renaissance culture and history - including, naturally, dinners dished by servants dressed in period costume.The medieval fair is a central event. Crafts of the era are represented by smiths and potters for instance, pita bread is baked in earthen ovens, and period food and clothes pop up all over the place. The visitor to the torchlight party will meet oxen on the spit, chestnut traders, wine knights and more. Participants of the carnival parade also wear period fancy dress.
Amongst those who entertain guests is a cartoonist and a fortune-teller. Then, more tents with food typical of the time and the place: pork morsels, spirits, period egg barley, and of course world-famous Renaissance wines keep up the tempers. Not only that, cultural programmes crave an audience, naughty dramas are performed next to medieval jousts and games with dinners, and the activities culminate in a splendid Renaissance ball.
A regular side event of the Renaissance Carnival is the Children's Renaissance Carnival. Inside and outside the castle walls, children find ample occasion to dress in period garments, gaze at stilt walkers and giant puppeteers, dancers, swordsmen, comedians and showmen.
A Renaissance interactive game house provides an opportunity to enact period tales with contemporaneous toys, but they also may create period artefacts at the appropriate crafts workshop, or even learn one or two Renaissance dances. Puppet shows and pantomime acts render the children's carnival even more exciting, and as a matter of course, kids' bellies are filled with delicious Renaissance delights."
Carnival starts 15 February
Source: hungarystartshere.com
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10.01.2008