May 1st. Should we celebrate it? We are looking forward to a long weekend due to the fact that this year May 1st is a Friday, and it is still a national holiday left over from Communist times, when this international day for workers was expropriated by the Stalinist...
Statues of St. George The cult of the 4th-century martyr, Saint George, thrives in many countries, especially England and Caucasian Georgia, but George (György) day is also very important in Hungarian and Eastern-European folklore. An iconic commemoration of this is...
Hungarian easter Unlike in usual times, in this virus-stricken year, Easter is mainly about eating. Eating a lot! Traditional Hungarian Easter food includes: smoked ham, hard boiled eggs and most importantly, Easter kalács (sweet bread baked in a braided form). A...
HeRaLDS OF SPRING WARMTH Today’s the day when you should wish your Hungarian friends named SÁNDOR (nickname SANYI, the Hungarian equivalent for Alexander or Alex) Happy Nameday. Do the same tomorrow with your friends named JÓZSEF (JÓZSI, JÓSKA, JOCÓ) and on the...
The Hungarian coat of Arms With or without the Holy Crown Tomorrow, March 15 is the main national holiday commemorating the 1848/49 Revolution and War of Independence against the Habsburgs, and its main symbol is a coat of arms without the Holy Crown. Here is a brief...
Goose feast Saint Martin, the 4th century Christian saint was born in Savaria, a Roman settlement in the West of Pannonia, now called Szombathely. He is the opposite of the archetypal power-hungry politician: after being appointed Bishop of Tours in France he went...
