PHOTOS: Hungarian Easter celebrations chosen one of the world’s most unique

Global online travel media brand Travel Mag has named Sprinkling in Hollókő as one of the top 20 most unique Easter celebrations in the world. To compile the list, Travel Mag only considered celebrations or festivals with a unique twist and a strong historic link to the past.

Travel Mag wrote the following about the Hungarian Easter traditions in Hollókő. “Across much of Eastern Europe, Easter is a time when women pre-emptively wear waterproof clothing. Or at least they should, for various forms of mildly irritating water-based iniquity are afoot. Known as smigus-dyngus in Poland, with similar events in Romania and Slovakia, it generally consists of men running around, throwing buckets of water over the womenfolk. It is, of course, willingly participated for the most part, with traditional costumes worn and rustic wooden buckets used for good measure. In Hungary’s Hollókő village, what is locally called Locsolkodás was upgraded so that instead of throwing buckets of water, smaller amounts are ‘sprinkled’ instead. In what seems like an unfair trade, by tradition, the women reciprocate by handing their assailants a shot of pálinka (a local fruit brandy)”.

HERE you may read the 20 most unique Easter celebrations in the world.

Below you may check out some astonishing pohtos of the Hungarian traditional sprinkling in Hollókő. You want to take part? Travel to the UNESCO World Heritage site on 10 April and be part of the tradition. You may find the program in the post.

Easter Festival in Hollókő between 7 and 10 April: