Chimney sweeps pay New Year visit to president

Budapest, January 4 (MTI) – Two representatives of the municipal chimney sweep service visited President Janos Ader at the Sandor Palace on Monday, and conveyed their best New Year wishes to him and the nation.

According to the ritual of the traditional visit, Ader took one bristle from the brooms of each of his visitors and toasted them with champagne.

The chimney sweeps wearing top hats and white scarves for the occasion told reporters that the German tradition of visiting the president at New Year had been adopted in Hungary in the 1990s.

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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters