May 1 - Labour Day , of course!

After long winter, this is one of the most anticipated holiday. You just want to be there to soak up the sun and atmosphere.

March 15 - Commemorating Hungarian Revolution of 1848

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On every March 15, you'll experience commemoration like this around the country. Read more on wikipedia.

March 15 and new law...

March 15 is national holiday for Hungary. Aside from the commemoration, as of today, a new law will take effect regarding photography in public areas in this country. I'm not sure  how this law will affect my reporting here. Luckily for public events the law doesn't apply.

#296/365 1956 commemoration today

#140/365 Whit Monday

Flowers for the Blessed Virgin gifted by believers at Boldogasszony tér (Blessed Virgin Square).

Another angle of this statue could be seen here.

#90/365 Non chocolate bunnies

H a p p y   E a s t e r   &  H o l i d a y !

We have no idea how to write haiku, but me and hub. came up with this..

Caress silky fur

Non chocolate bunnies

One stands out

#76/365 They arrived much later

As the "crowd" were in front of the memorial, witnessing the placing of wreaths by VIPs (I am not sure who those people were aside from the mayor..) We heard drum beating, and much later these "soldiers" arrived. You might noticed their uniform are less decorated than the ones I posted earlier; except for the red trousers, love that!

#75/365 Men of the commemoration

Men in hussar uniform performing their "duty" on the March 15 commemoration. As expected, the turn out was low due to blizzard. Snow is fine but the wind was causing trouble. By the time I am done with the photo session, I have ruined an umbrella. Imagine how cold these men were, with those thin clothing!

#74/365 Live from the square

Yesterday I showed you the children's version of Huszár (Hussar) soldiers. Today the real deal was present at the March 15 commemoration. Due to the heavy snow, the planned events have been postponed to a later date. Hopefully, we will get to show you these hussars on horses when it happens. Till then..have a nice weekend!

#73/365 Couting down to holiday

Every year school children get to display and contribute to the commemoration of March 15 . Amongst the many contributions of flags and flowers , I found this Huszár (Hussar) soldiers unique and adorable. Study the uniforms and mustaches, one or two are different!

#3/365 "Szeretetebédek”

"Szeretetebédek”, literally means "Love Lunch", is an event organised by the town hall with several sponsors. As the name suggests, it is about offering meals to the needy this holiday season.

This particular shot was taken on new year's morning. I believe they haven't started serving meals yet.

#1/365 First post of in 2013!!

We walked towards the main square at 11:30pm as we needed some exercise especially after stuffing ourselves with festive foods but of course more for the fireworks (duh!). The air was crisper than I thought it would be despite all those fire crackers cracking every few minutes. Overall it was a low key new year, yet it feels fun and memorable.

Hopefully this year I'll be more active in this blog and take lots more photos, Cheers!!

Pagentry

Today Hungarians commemorate the Revolution and the following War of Independence against the Austrian-Habsburg rule in 1848-49.

What I'm most interested in is how so many people take the effort to dress-up on a Holiday! They looked noble :)

Celebrating St. Stephen's day

In the evening these seats will be all filled

Roses / Floral exhibition at the courtyard of the town hall. I have to say I was more interested in the architecture than the flowers...

It was a lovely day!

May Day walk

Here's a gallery of this morning May day walk. The costumes were gorgeous, enthusiastic performances, lots of folk music, a chicky stiltman, yeah it was memorable!

- the grass is in lovely shade of green-

-the participants stopping for a dance-

- say 'Hi!' the folks in the carriage entertained us with folksongs along the way-

- giving the people what they have practiced all this while-

- men on stilt taking some R&R-

-Hungarian cowboys ( csikósok )-

-more lovely folk costumes-

-guys, get ready to dance-

- her style is very English , VIP perhaps? -

-aren't they adorable?-

-swirling confidently-

- group dance -

- eateries , a must!-

-i didn't know there's a lake at Széchenyiváros until now!-

-look what fun you get from the lake!-