Crisp morning snow

Behind the façade

A back courtyard hidden in the town centre. I enjoy vising places like this, too bad, they are not very well maintained.

56th Anniversary of Hungarian Revolution of 1956

It is that time of the year again to pay tribute to 1956 Revolution. A crowd gathered for a tribute concert near the memorial

To learn more about the event http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956

Right here waiting

I was waiting, and this was my view...

Historical costume weekend ~ The 20th century

Every weekend, the main square has been a buzz with live exhibition of historical costumes. We have come to the 20th century, war period. This is by far my favourite, the costumes not the period in history, of course.

Celebration of St. Michael's day

 Yesterday I saw these two float-like decoration at the main square, in celebration of St. Michaels' day.

I really like the Holly Crown of Hungary from this angle :) 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Crown_of_Hungary

 Next to the Holy Crown is this fun work of art, made of straws (?)

 Lots of goats** of course!

While the human figures are well made, you see those red patterns at the bottom. Those are traditional Hungarian motifs - I love it!

 

This man is showing a demo. with whips.When he flicks the whip, a sound came off.

 

Quite impressive!  

** read the description of this blog.

Csipero 2012 {12th Future of Europe International Children and Youth Meeting}

Other than being treated to interesting performances, I get to see various beautiful national costumes :)

Learn more about the event http://www.csipero.hu/talalkozok/2012.php?nyelv=gb

Update : Here are the videos found on local tv http://kecskemetitv.hu/hun/s_!news/i_csipero_2012_104/t_Csiper%C3%B3%202012%20/index.html

Múzeumok Éjszakája 2012 ( Night of the Museums )

This year's first stop for us was The neolog Synagogue (1871) but currently functions as House of science and technology. You can also find copies of Michelangelo's fifteen statues here On our way to the next destination, we heard the choir from The Evangelic Church, so we paused a bit to listen to the beautiful concert. Next destination was The Greek Orthodox church (1824 & 1829). Kecskemét used to be the Greek metropolis of the Danube-Tisza region. At the end of the 17th century Greek merchants settled in the town and they built this church between 1824 and 1829. Look at those wood carvings! Q&A at the Greek Orthodox Church. The atmosphere was very informal :) Seating in the Greek Orthodox church is different from most churches that it is not set in rows but instead around the walls of the church. Visitors listening to the guardian of church. Last stop, and also my favourites of all, The Museum of Hungarian Naive Artists (1976). This place housed the largest collection of naive fine arts in Hungary. Mainly parents like to bring their children here.

Aside from the usual artifacts, Artist www.guido-vedovato.it is exhibiting his work in one of the galleries until August 2012. His work is just fascinatingly vibrant!

Obviously, there are many more museums in Kecskemét but we chose only 3 this time. We figured that this is an annual event that we'll visit others in the coming years. So, stay tune :)

Made in Kecskemét

Pillow fight day 2012

A fun event even if we're just watching.
Read more http://www.pillowfightday.com/about