7 result(s) for wood carver in Community & Culture
Video: Hungary Says Goodbye To Winter With Bizarre Costume Festival
- 2 Mar 2020 10:13 AM
- community & culture
The southern Hungarian city of Mohács has officially welcomed in spring, in a slightly scary traditional way. As part of this colourful Buso festival, locals wear wooden masks and march through the city.
Video: 'Buso Carnival’ In Mohács
- 4 Feb 2020 8:14 AM
- community & culture
In Mohács the origin of the tradition is also ex-plained with the legend of expelling the Turks.
Easter Festival In Hollókő, 30 March - 2 April
- 25 Mar 2018 10:33 PM
- community & culture
This popular festival recalls the Palócz Easter traditions and so presents traditional folk groups, folk musicians, folk dancers, folk singers and folk craftsmen. Hollókő has been a World Heritage Site since 1987. The village, built in the 17th -18th century, was the first in the world to receive the World Heritage title as a village due to the unique preservation of the traditional settlement, ...
Busó Festivities In Mohács Mark End Of Winter In Hungary
- 15 Feb 2018 8:58 AM
- community & culture
Last weekend the traditional end-of-winter carnival was held in southern Hungary. This annual festival in Mohács is a six-day event named after the busós, scary-looking costumed locals wearing wooden masks and woolly cloaks, as Euronews shows in this video.
Fascination Of Nature, National Gallery Budapest
- 22 May 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The retrospective exhibition presents a comprehensive view from the oeuvre of Qi Baishi, an outstanding master of 20th-century Chinese painting. At the first show of its kind in Europe, some 110 paintings from the artist's estate will be displayed. Qi Baishi (Tsi Pai-shi, 1864-1957) had earned his initial fame as a wood- and seal-carver, when, in mid-life, he turned to painting. With his pictures ...
Gypsy Craftsmen Exhibition, Budapest Museum Of Ethnography
- 20 Nov 2014 1:55 AM
- community & culture
Need household appliances? Nowadays you can easily buy them in hardware stores. But there was a time when you had to wait until craftsmen visited your house with their ware. Until January 4, 2015, the Budapest Museum of Ethnography has an exhibition about the history of migrant braziers, pot menders and trough carvers. Note that some itinerant craftsmen still rove the roads offering their ...
Invitation: Busó Festival, Mohács, Hungary, 27 Feb - 4 March
- 5 Feb 2014 12:00 AM
- community & culture
Ever wondered what an ancient carnival would look like? Just 40 kilometers from Farmotel Stefania the historic town of Mohács hosts the UNESCO-protected Busó festival. It marks the end of winter, featuring ‘Busós’, frightening-looking costumed people, most of men, wearing wooden masks and big woolly cloaks.
Video: Hungary Says Goodbye To Winter With Bizarre Costume Festival
- 2 Mar 2020 10:13 AM
- community & culture
The southern Hungarian city of Mohács has officially welcomed in spring, in a slightly scary traditional way. As part of this colourful Buso festival, locals wear wooden masks and march through the city.
Video: 'Buso Carnival’ In Mohács
- 4 Feb 2020 8:14 AM
- community & culture
In Mohács the origin of the tradition is also ex-plained with the legend of expelling the Turks.
Easter Festival In Hollókő, 30 March - 2 April
- 25 Mar 2018 10:33 PM
- community & culture
This popular festival recalls the Palócz Easter traditions and so presents traditional folk groups, folk musicians, folk dancers, folk singers and folk craftsmen. Hollókő has been a World Heritage Site since 1987. The village, built in the 17th -18th century, was the first in the world to receive the World Heritage title as a village due to the unique preservation of the traditional settlement, ...
Busó Festivities In Mohács Mark End Of Winter In Hungary
- 15 Feb 2018 8:58 AM
- community & culture
Last weekend the traditional end-of-winter carnival was held in southern Hungary. This annual festival in Mohács is a six-day event named after the busós, scary-looking costumed locals wearing wooden masks and woolly cloaks, as Euronews shows in this video.
Fascination Of Nature, National Gallery Budapest
- 22 May 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The retrospective exhibition presents a comprehensive view from the oeuvre of Qi Baishi, an outstanding master of 20th-century Chinese painting. At the first show of its kind in Europe, some 110 paintings from the artist's estate will be displayed. Qi Baishi (Tsi Pai-shi, 1864-1957) had earned his initial fame as a wood- and seal-carver, when, in mid-life, he turned to painting. With his pictures ...
Gypsy Craftsmen Exhibition, Budapest Museum Of Ethnography
- 20 Nov 2014 1:55 AM
- community & culture
Need household appliances? Nowadays you can easily buy them in hardware stores. But there was a time when you had to wait until craftsmen visited your house with their ware. Until January 4, 2015, the Budapest Museum of Ethnography has an exhibition about the history of migrant braziers, pot menders and trough carvers. Note that some itinerant craftsmen still rove the roads offering their ...
Invitation: Busó Festival, Mohács, Hungary, 27 Feb - 4 March
- 5 Feb 2014 12:00 AM
- community & culture
Ever wondered what an ancient carnival would look like? Just 40 kilometers from Farmotel Stefania the historic town of Mohács hosts the UNESCO-protected Busó festival. It marks the end of winter, featuring ‘Busós’, frightening-looking costumed people, most of men, wearing wooden masks and big woolly cloaks.