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New Year’s Eve Traditions In Hungary
- 6 Dec 2010 7:45 AM
- community & culture
"The 31st of December has been the last day of the year only since the 17th century. Those days in some villages it was believed that animals speak in human voices on this day. It was forbidden to hang out clothes, because if they did so someone from the family would hang themselves. Many people went to church to bury the old year. In Transylvania a straw-puppet was buried, symbolizing the death ...
'The Walled-up Wife', Hungary's Famous Ballad
- 18 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
"There were these masons, nine or twelve, they say. And they took upon themselves to erect a building - strong and beautiful, like none there was before. And they worked day and night. And night and day they worked, but whatever they constructed during the day collapsed at night, and whatever they built during the night fell to the ground by morning.
Repairing Flood Damage In Miskolc With Habitat for Humanity
- 15 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"In the United States, September 11th is commemorated as a National Day of Service and Remembrance with millions of Americans volunteering in their communities. In this spirit, on September 25th, volunteers from the American Embassy in Budapest joined by Americans and Hungarians from Habitat for Humanity rebuilt the Symbiosis Autistic Home in Miskolc.
U.S. Embassy Volunteers Join Habitat For Humanity In Hungary
- 29 Sep 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
"Do something for others!" – Repairing Flood Damage in Miskolc with Habitat for Humanity
New Law To Ban Street Sleeping In Hungary
- 14 Sep 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"The bill on modifying the Construction Act also includes a ban on improper use of public areas, including sleeping or living in them.
'Rimer Cardillo', Kiscelli Museum Budapest, Shown Until 5 September
- 19 Aug 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
"In his archaeological installation, Rimer Cardillo (1944) the Guggenheim and Pollock Awar- winning sculptor from Uruguay, currently living in New York, constructs an ancient South American landscape with ritual burial mounds inside the church at the Kiscell Museum.
Budapest Museum Of Fine Arts Expansion Okayed
- 31 May 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"As the plans to extend the Museum of Fine Arts have been approved by the National Construction Plan Council, the whole permit acquisition process can be relaunched.
U.S. Embassy Joins Habitat For Humanity To Build Home For Autistic People
- 14 Apr 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
"Consul General Jeff Lodinsky participated in a groundbreaking ceremony and construction of the Miskolc Autistic Association’s home for those with autism. The U.S. Embassy and the American International School of Budapest have joined with Habitat for Humanity for many years to construct housing for those in need.
'Earthly Paradises', Hungarian National Gallery, Until 2 May
- 18 Mar 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
"The modern art collection of Elizabeth and Alexander Kasser (originally Kasza) and of the Kasser Art Foundation (established in 1969) may be of importance to Hungarian exhibition-goers for reasons beyond the fact that the collectors/founders were of Hungarian extraction.
New Year’s Eve Traditions In Hungary
- 6 Dec 2010 7:45 AM
- community & culture
"The 31st of December has been the last day of the year only since the 17th century. Those days in some villages it was believed that animals speak in human voices on this day. It was forbidden to hang out clothes, because if they did so someone from the family would hang themselves. Many people went to church to bury the old year. In Transylvania a straw-puppet was buried, symbolizing the death ...
'The Walled-up Wife', Hungary's Famous Ballad
- 18 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
"There were these masons, nine or twelve, they say. And they took upon themselves to erect a building - strong and beautiful, like none there was before. And they worked day and night. And night and day they worked, but whatever they constructed during the day collapsed at night, and whatever they built during the night fell to the ground by morning.
Repairing Flood Damage In Miskolc With Habitat for Humanity
- 15 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"In the United States, September 11th is commemorated as a National Day of Service and Remembrance with millions of Americans volunteering in their communities. In this spirit, on September 25th, volunteers from the American Embassy in Budapest joined by Americans and Hungarians from Habitat for Humanity rebuilt the Symbiosis Autistic Home in Miskolc.
U.S. Embassy Volunteers Join Habitat For Humanity In Hungary
- 29 Sep 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
"Do something for others!" – Repairing Flood Damage in Miskolc with Habitat for Humanity
New Law To Ban Street Sleeping In Hungary
- 14 Sep 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"The bill on modifying the Construction Act also includes a ban on improper use of public areas, including sleeping or living in them.
'Rimer Cardillo', Kiscelli Museum Budapest, Shown Until 5 September
- 19 Aug 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
"In his archaeological installation, Rimer Cardillo (1944) the Guggenheim and Pollock Awar- winning sculptor from Uruguay, currently living in New York, constructs an ancient South American landscape with ritual burial mounds inside the church at the Kiscell Museum.
Budapest Museum Of Fine Arts Expansion Okayed
- 31 May 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"As the plans to extend the Museum of Fine Arts have been approved by the National Construction Plan Council, the whole permit acquisition process can be relaunched.
U.S. Embassy Joins Habitat For Humanity To Build Home For Autistic People
- 14 Apr 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
"Consul General Jeff Lodinsky participated in a groundbreaking ceremony and construction of the Miskolc Autistic Association’s home for those with autism. The U.S. Embassy and the American International School of Budapest have joined with Habitat for Humanity for many years to construct housing for those in need.
'Earthly Paradises', Hungarian National Gallery, Until 2 May
- 18 Mar 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
"The modern art collection of Elizabeth and Alexander Kasser (originally Kasza) and of the Kasser Art Foundation (established in 1969) may be of importance to Hungarian exhibition-goers for reasons beyond the fact that the collectors/founders were of Hungarian extraction.