This folk art festival will showcase the talents of nearly a thousand artisans from Hungary and around the world. Turkey will be represented by about 20 artists demonstrating traditional crafts such as ebru painting, calligraphy, felt making, as well as folk music and dance, highlighting Turkey’s influence on Hungarian folk art.

Ebru, or paper marbling, is a sophisticated technique that produces marble-like patterns. Colours are floated on water and then transferred onto paper or fabric. This method is traditionally used for calligraphy, book covers, and stationery – every print is unique.

Workshops will include folk handicrafts from North-Eastern Hungary, Swabian chair knitting, and embroidery from Zala County in western Hungary.

Lace from Pannonia, costumes from the Lake Balaton area, and the intricate techniques of beaded lace are also highlighted.

The festival will feature a folk playground with children’s games, crafts, concerts, dance performances and storytelling. International artisans from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, China, England and Poland will display their traditional crafts and performances.

There will be performances by Hungarian folk and world musicians such as István Pál “Szalonna” (folk violinist), Kálmán Balogh’s Gipsy Cimbalom Band, and Mária Petrás (folk singer and storyteller).

The festival highlight will be on August 20th  with a grand harvest parade where the new bread will be blessed, in celebration of St. Stephen’s Day and the Feast of New Bread.

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