Alexandra Béni
The traditional Busó Festival of Mohács starts today
The Busó Festival of Mohács (Busójárás or Busó Walking) is the celebration of spring, which can be found in other nations’ traditions, too. It shows similarities with the Rio Carnival, with the Carnival of Venice and also with the traditions…
2nd of February – The day of the religious orders
It was Pope John Paul II who declared the 2nd of February the day of the holy lives, the day of the religious orders in 1997. The pope wanted to spread the knowledge and recognition of religious orders and give…
1st of February – Memorial day of the Republic
On the 1st of February we are commemorating the law (1946. évi I. törvény) on the proclamation of the Hungarian Republic in 1946, which was declared a memorial day by the government in 2005. However, this wasn’t the only time…
Hungarian folkways connected to illustrious days
Many-many traditions, beliefs and folkways can be connected to the illustrious days of the Hungarian rustic life and celebrations. Illustrious days are usually connected to saints or the life of Jesus, but in this article, we collected the folkway relations…
American rock star got the holey Hungarian flag tattooed on his arm
What does the world’s most famous Hungarian-born rock star think of patriotism and his Hungarian blood? Why does he like if Hungarians chuck their weight about? Zoli Téglás is the singer of Ignite and was previously the soloist of Pennywise. He…
Codie, the popular Hungarian invention
According to szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, a young Hungarian man invented Codie, a robot that teaches computer coding to children. Ádám Lipécz is only 23 years old but Codie, his masterwork, is already becoming more and more famous all around the world. What…
All about European Diplomacy & Economics
‘European Diplomacy & Economics’ is a professionally designed periodical magazine focusing on diplomatic and consular affairs, with an insight on economics and culture with the aim to address the selected audience of the wider European Union rather than a single…
On this weekend: Retro Snow Festival in the Mátra Mountains
It is the third time that lovers of winter sports get to feel nostalgic and compete at the Mátra Ski Classic retro ski and snowboard competition which is held in the Skipark of Mátraszentistván. Vilagjaromagazin.hu writes that on the 30th…
Lángos recipe – Video!
It seems like the world-conquering tour of lángos in unstoppable. More and more people hear about it, give it try and also hopefully send its word all around the world. It is not too complicated to make lángos and it…
Tropical Magazine – The fascinating encyclopaedia of Africa is now bilingual!
What comes to your mind when you think of Africa? Colourful nature, tribal dances, starvation? For most of us, Africa is a faraway, stranger fantasy world that is built up by our adventurous reading experiences, frightening news seen in the…