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Special Guests Revealed for Upcoming Folk Art Festival In Buda Castle

• 8 Aug 2023 6:54 PM
• Hungary Matters

Czechia will be the guest of honour country at this year’s traditional Festival of Folk Arts organised in the Buda Castle between August 18 and 20, the organisers said.

Craftsmen from Czechia will set up model workshops to present traditions in weaving, blue printing, embroidery, wool processing and wood carving to visitors, they said in a statement.

At workshops, masters from the Republic of Korea will present calligraphy, the traditional Korean patchwork jogakbo and traditional decorative colouring on wooden buildings dancheong.

The festival will also celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hungary’s accession to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention.

It will feature communities representing crafts included in the UNESCO National and Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage such as the Matyó embroidery, blue printing, lacemaking, the Szeged mule slides and the Busó-s of Mohács, among others.

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Festival of Folk Arts, Buda Castle, 18-20 August

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