47 result(s) for pattern in Community & Culture
Special HUF 50,000 Coin Issued by National Bank
- 21 Nov 2024 1:57 PM
- community & culture
Yesterday the 'Magyar Nemzeti Bank' issued a particularly valuable gold collectors coin named The Golden Florin of Laduslaus V (László aranyforintja V.) in single and in piedfort version, which is four times the weight of a normal coin. These coins represent the eighth addition in the Hungarian medieval gold florin series.
The Coronation Mantle on Display in National Museum Budapest
- 14 Nov 2024 11:48 AM
- community & culture
One matchless treasure held by the Hungarian National Museum is the mantle that used to be worn by Hungarian monarchs at their coronation; it is a garment that King Stephen I (St. Stephen of Hungary) and his wife Gisela of Bavaria had made in 1031.
Festival of Folk Arts, Budapest, 17 – 20 August
- 1 Aug 2024 2:38 PM
- community & culture
The Hungarian-Turkish Cultural Year is being celebrated at this year's Festival of Folk Arts between August 17th and 20th, in the Buda Castle district. Turkey is the guest of honour.
'Charm of Seoul – What We Wear, Where We Live', Museum of Ethnography Budapest
- 21 Nov 2023 5:07 AM
- community & culture
On display until 18 February 2024. The Museum of Ethnography in Budapest opened this exhibition from the Seoul Museum of History explores the history and modern daily life of the South Korean capital looking at the changes in dress and housing culture, among other things.
In Rural Hungary, Traditional Matyó Embroidery Is An Economic Lifeline
- 16 Aug 2023 3:35 PM
- community & culture
If it wasn't for the car parked outside adorned with the company's slogan -- "Handmade With Love" -- you might miss the headquarters of MatyoDesign.
Expat Explainer: Why Do Hungarians Call Themselves Magyars?
- 23 May 2023 5:55 AM
- community & culture
By Peterjon Cresswell for XpatLoop. To understand why Hungarians call themselves Magyars, we must travel back in time to the era of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin in the late 9th century.
Watch: Easter Customs In Hungary
- 6 Apr 2023 6:40 AM
- community & culture
Small boys learn this rhyme when they are still in the kindergarten, and they sing it to girls on Easter Monday, and then promptly 'sprinkle' them - without waiting for an answer to the poem:
"Through the greenwood going
I saw a blue violet growing
I saw it start to wither
Can I water this flower?"
'An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Chapter 4, Part 4.
- 3 Apr 2023 6:03 PM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
An Introduction To Hungary's Rich Folk Culture
- 23 Mar 2023 1:59 PM
- community & culture
Hungarian Folk Culture: an introduction to Hungary's rich folk culture, including music, dance, and traditional dress by Kate Grigorenko for XpatLoop.com
Special HUF 50,000 Coin Issued by National Bank
- 21 Nov 2024 1:57 PM
- community & culture
Yesterday the 'Magyar Nemzeti Bank' issued a particularly valuable gold collectors coin named The Golden Florin of Laduslaus V (László aranyforintja V.) in single and in piedfort version, which is four times the weight of a normal coin. These coins represent the eighth addition in the Hungarian medieval gold florin series.
The Coronation Mantle on Display in National Museum Budapest
- 14 Nov 2024 11:48 AM
- community & culture
One matchless treasure held by the Hungarian National Museum is the mantle that used to be worn by Hungarian monarchs at their coronation; it is a garment that King Stephen I (St. Stephen of Hungary) and his wife Gisela of Bavaria had made in 1031.
Festival of Folk Arts, Budapest, 17 – 20 August
- 1 Aug 2024 2:38 PM
- community & culture
The Hungarian-Turkish Cultural Year is being celebrated at this year's Festival of Folk Arts between August 17th and 20th, in the Buda Castle district. Turkey is the guest of honour.
'Charm of Seoul – What We Wear, Where We Live', Museum of Ethnography Budapest
- 21 Nov 2023 5:07 AM
- community & culture
On display until 18 February 2024. The Museum of Ethnography in Budapest opened this exhibition from the Seoul Museum of History explores the history and modern daily life of the South Korean capital looking at the changes in dress and housing culture, among other things.
In Rural Hungary, Traditional Matyó Embroidery Is An Economic Lifeline
- 16 Aug 2023 3:35 PM
- community & culture
If it wasn't for the car parked outside adorned with the company's slogan -- "Handmade With Love" -- you might miss the headquarters of MatyoDesign.
Expat Explainer: Why Do Hungarians Call Themselves Magyars?
- 23 May 2023 5:55 AM
- community & culture
By Peterjon Cresswell for XpatLoop. To understand why Hungarians call themselves Magyars, we must travel back in time to the era of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin in the late 9th century.
Watch: Easter Customs In Hungary
- 6 Apr 2023 6:40 AM
- community & culture
Small boys learn this rhyme when they are still in the kindergarten, and they sing it to girls on Easter Monday, and then promptly 'sprinkle' them - without waiting for an answer to the poem:
"Through the greenwood going
I saw a blue violet growing
I saw it start to wither
Can I water this flower?"
'An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Chapter 4, Part 4.
- 3 Apr 2023 6:03 PM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
An Introduction To Hungary's Rich Folk Culture
- 23 Mar 2023 1:59 PM
- community & culture
Hungarian Folk Culture: an introduction to Hungary's rich folk culture, including music, dance, and traditional dress by Kate Grigorenko for XpatLoop.com