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Luck Bringing Lentil On New Year’s Day In Hungary
- 21 Dec 2023 8:31 AM
- food & drink
Like it or not, you must eat lencsefőzelék on New Year’s Day. Lentils symbolise prosperity, wealth and luck for the new year.
Xpat Guide: 2018 Burns Celebrations
- 25 Jan 2018 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Tonight many expats around the world will sing a Scottish song, probably after a wee dram of whiskey, and perhaps some haggis, to celebrate the birthday of Robert Burns. In Budapest there are a whole host of Burns Night events taking place this year, not all on January 25th, here’s your guide to what’s on here in honour of the man Hungarians call the Scottish Petőfi.
Fungarian: Piroska
- 18 Jan 2017 10:00 AM
- community & culture
January 18 is Piroska’s nameday in the Hungarian calendar. It is one of the most beautiful sounding names in Hungarian. Its association only with Little Red Riding Hood is misleading tough. While the Grimm’s tale heroine got her name in translation because of her red hood, the name Piroska actually originates from the Latin Prisca meaning venerable, ancient and the English equivalent would be ...
Fungarian: How To Tell The Time In Hungarian
- 6 May 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
When a Hungarian offers to meet you at FÉL ÖT (half five) what time will you ink in your calendar: 4:30, 5:30, 16:30 or 17:30? Well, only the Germans and the Dutch would get it right, i.e. 4:30 while the British would read it as half past five, which would be FÉL HAT in Hungarian usage.
Fungarian: The Hungarian Cinema
- 5 May 2016 9:00 AM
- entertainment
In most languages the word for cinema is something similar to the French term cinématographe, originally coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s, who borrowed it from the Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”) adding the French suffix -graphe. Not in Hungarian.
Fungarian: Long Live The May 1 'Long-Live'
- 1 May 2016 7:00 AM
- community & culture
The jolliest of all Communist holidays was May 1, the celebration of the ”Proletarians of the world unite. – Világ proletárjai egyesüljetek!” Surprisingly, it survived the change of regime. Today is still a national holiday.
Learning About Hungarian School-Leaving Ceremony
- 29 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
BALLAGÁS (school-leaving ceremony) is not only a school ceremony but also an important family event. This year April 29 is the last school-day for graduating students in all Hungarian secondary schools. In many countries, the end of the academic year is met with students fleeing school as quickly as possible, but here in Hungary this rite of passage is a cherished tradition that resembles a ...
A Taste Of Spring In Hungary
- 18 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary is still a seasonal country. There is a season of everything. The advent of spring (TAVASZ) in Hungarian minds is associated to March and signalled by at least four things: the arrival of the storks from Africa (the first one has landed in Gemenc last week), a cry-out for a new love, the eruption of revolution(s) (in particular the1848 Revolution on March 15) and the appearance of the ...
Luck Bringing Lentil On New Year’s Day In Hungary
- 21 Dec 2023 8:31 AM
- food & drink
Like it or not, you must eat lencsefőzelék on New Year’s Day. Lentils symbolise prosperity, wealth and luck for the new year.
Xpat Guide: 2018 Burns Celebrations
- 25 Jan 2018 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Tonight many expats around the world will sing a Scottish song, probably after a wee dram of whiskey, and perhaps some haggis, to celebrate the birthday of Robert Burns. In Budapest there are a whole host of Burns Night events taking place this year, not all on January 25th, here’s your guide to what’s on here in honour of the man Hungarians call the Scottish Petőfi.
Fungarian: Piroska
- 18 Jan 2017 10:00 AM
- community & culture
January 18 is Piroska’s nameday in the Hungarian calendar. It is one of the most beautiful sounding names in Hungarian. Its association only with Little Red Riding Hood is misleading tough. While the Grimm’s tale heroine got her name in translation because of her red hood, the name Piroska actually originates from the Latin Prisca meaning venerable, ancient and the English equivalent would be ...
Fungarian: How To Tell The Time In Hungarian
- 6 May 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
When a Hungarian offers to meet you at FÉL ÖT (half five) what time will you ink in your calendar: 4:30, 5:30, 16:30 or 17:30? Well, only the Germans and the Dutch would get it right, i.e. 4:30 while the British would read it as half past five, which would be FÉL HAT in Hungarian usage.
Fungarian: The Hungarian Cinema
- 5 May 2016 9:00 AM
- entertainment
In most languages the word for cinema is something similar to the French term cinématographe, originally coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s, who borrowed it from the Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”) adding the French suffix -graphe. Not in Hungarian.
Fungarian: Long Live The May 1 'Long-Live'
- 1 May 2016 7:00 AM
- community & culture
The jolliest of all Communist holidays was May 1, the celebration of the ”Proletarians of the world unite. – Világ proletárjai egyesüljetek!” Surprisingly, it survived the change of regime. Today is still a national holiday.
Learning About Hungarian School-Leaving Ceremony
- 29 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
BALLAGÁS (school-leaving ceremony) is not only a school ceremony but also an important family event. This year April 29 is the last school-day for graduating students in all Hungarian secondary schools. In many countries, the end of the academic year is met with students fleeing school as quickly as possible, but here in Hungary this rite of passage is a cherished tradition that resembles a ...
A Taste Of Spring In Hungary
- 18 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary is still a seasonal country. There is a season of everything. The advent of spring (TAVASZ) in Hungarian minds is associated to March and signalled by at least four things: the arrival of the storks from Africa (the first one has landed in Gemenc last week), a cry-out for a new love, the eruption of revolution(s) (in particular the1848 Revolution on March 15) and the appearance of the ...