29 result(s) for puszta in Community & Culture
Video: Hungary Celebrates Easter With Special Sprinkling Tradition
- 31 Mar 2024 12:26 PM
- community & culture
Each year a special Easter tradition takes place around Hungary, as is always witnessed by many in a small village located in north-eastern Hungary. Visitors beware: you may get wet, as the video below shows.
Maros Dance Ensemble: 'Yellow Rose', Hungarian Heritage House, 20 January
- 15 Jan 2024 1:51 PM
- community & culture
Yellow Rose is a novel written in 1892 by Mór Jókai, in which the author goes into great detail regarding the nature and customs of the Hortobágy with the meticulousness of an ethnologist. In the dance performance, the choreographer-director Árpád Könczei and the Maros Dance Ensemble worked on the dramatic plot of this puszta-inspired novel.
Expat Explainer: Christmas Day Customs in Hungary
- 20 Dec 2023 2:06 PM
- community & culture
In Hungary a key element of celebrating Christmas is the traditional custom of the Bethlehem Shepherd’s play (betlehemes játék). The present-day version of the Bethlehem folk play originates from the 19th-20th century, although it may date back as far as the medieval times.
Expat Explainer: St. Lucy's Day Traditions in Hungary, 13 December
- 11 Dec 2023 7:41 AM
- community & culture
"Named after the Christian virgin, St. Lucy's day (Lucia or Luca’s day - luca napja) is one of the richest in customs and superstitions in Hungary. Before the Gregorian calendar reform, it was the shortest and darkest day of the year, and it marked the beginning of the winter solstice. It is for this reason that numerous traditions and fertility games are linked to this special day.
Mikulás: Saint Nicholas’s Day Traditions In Hungary On 6 December
- 6 Dec 2023 2:04 PM
- community & culture
According to Hungarian custom it is Saint Nicholas (Mikulás) who comes bearing gifts for children on his name day, December 6th.
Insightful Interview: Relevance of Revolutionary Hungarian Poet Sándor Petőfi to Foreign Readers
- 19 Jun 2023 10:14 AM
- http://www.hlo.hu/
- community & culture
2023 marks the bicentenary of the nineteenth-century, revolutionary poet Sándor Petőfi's birth.
Traditions In Hungary: Epiphany, 6 January
- 6 Jan 2023 9:24 AM
- community & culture
Most Hungarians associate January 6 with a quite new custom – taking down the Christmas tree decorated on December 24 (Twelfth Night tradition). However, the customs of this day root much deeper. January 6 not only ends the Christmastide on this, the Twelfth Day of Christmas, but it also marks the beginning of the Carnival Season (Farsang).
An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary: Chapter 2, Part 2.
- 1 Nov 2022 10:34 AM
- 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.
Traditions In Hungary: Epiphany, 6 January
- 6 Jan 2021 10:37 AM
- community & culture
Most Hungarians associate January 6 with a quite new custom – taking down the Christmas tree decorated on December 24 (Twelfth Night tradition). However, the customs of this day root much deeper.
Video: Hungary Celebrates Easter With Special Sprinkling Tradition
- 31 Mar 2024 12:26 PM
- community & culture
Each year a special Easter tradition takes place around Hungary, as is always witnessed by many in a small village located in north-eastern Hungary. Visitors beware: you may get wet, as the video below shows.
Maros Dance Ensemble: 'Yellow Rose', Hungarian Heritage House, 20 January
- 15 Jan 2024 1:51 PM
- community & culture
Yellow Rose is a novel written in 1892 by Mór Jókai, in which the author goes into great detail regarding the nature and customs of the Hortobágy with the meticulousness of an ethnologist. In the dance performance, the choreographer-director Árpád Könczei and the Maros Dance Ensemble worked on the dramatic plot of this puszta-inspired novel.
Expat Explainer: Christmas Day Customs in Hungary
- 20 Dec 2023 2:06 PM
- community & culture
In Hungary a key element of celebrating Christmas is the traditional custom of the Bethlehem Shepherd’s play (betlehemes játék). The present-day version of the Bethlehem folk play originates from the 19th-20th century, although it may date back as far as the medieval times.
Expat Explainer: St. Lucy's Day Traditions in Hungary, 13 December
- 11 Dec 2023 7:41 AM
- community & culture
"Named after the Christian virgin, St. Lucy's day (Lucia or Luca’s day - luca napja) is one of the richest in customs and superstitions in Hungary. Before the Gregorian calendar reform, it was the shortest and darkest day of the year, and it marked the beginning of the winter solstice. It is for this reason that numerous traditions and fertility games are linked to this special day.
Mikulás: Saint Nicholas’s Day Traditions In Hungary On 6 December
- 6 Dec 2023 2:04 PM
- community & culture
According to Hungarian custom it is Saint Nicholas (Mikulás) who comes bearing gifts for children on his name day, December 6th.
Insightful Interview: Relevance of Revolutionary Hungarian Poet Sándor Petőfi to Foreign Readers
- 19 Jun 2023 10:14 AM
- http://www.hlo.hu/
- community & culture
2023 marks the bicentenary of the nineteenth-century, revolutionary poet Sándor Petőfi's birth.
Traditions In Hungary: Epiphany, 6 January
- 6 Jan 2023 9:24 AM
- community & culture
Most Hungarians associate January 6 with a quite new custom – taking down the Christmas tree decorated on December 24 (Twelfth Night tradition). However, the customs of this day root much deeper. January 6 not only ends the Christmastide on this, the Twelfth Day of Christmas, but it also marks the beginning of the Carnival Season (Farsang).
An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary: Chapter 2, Part 2.
- 1 Nov 2022 10:34 AM
- 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.
Traditions In Hungary: Epiphany, 6 January
- 6 Jan 2021 10:37 AM
- community & culture
Most Hungarians associate January 6 with a quite new custom – taking down the Christmas tree decorated on December 24 (Twelfth Night tradition). However, the customs of this day root much deeper.