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Péter Licskay Péter Licskay · 15/01/2022
· Culture

Traditional Hungarian events await visitors in the Carnival season

Busójárás Farsang Carnival Season Hungary

Busójárás in Mohács Photo: facebook.com/busojarasmohacs

Due to the emergence of the coronavirus and its waves of infection last year, even the iconic Busójárás was cancelled. Now, in 2022, there is a possibility to make up for the festivals that had to be postponed or cancelled in last year’s Carnival season in Hungary.

Carnival season

In Hungary, Carnival season, or as we call it, the “farsangi időszak”, is a traditional Christian-Hungarian holiday all about balls, feasts, merriment, and masked or costume parties.

It starts on January 6th, a.k.a. the Epiphany, and ends the day before Ash Wednesday. Traditionally, Ash Wednesday is the start of the 40-day fast called Lent preceding Easter Sunday, says Nevezetesnapok.

Although the start of the Carnival season is always on the day of Epiphany, the endpoint of the celebrations is a moving holiday. In 2022, the Carnival season ends on March 2nd.

Busójárás DNH Resize
Photo: Daily News Hungary

Busojárás is one of the most iconic holidays in Hungary related to this season of merriment. It is a six-day carnival marking and celebrating the end of winter. It attracts great crowds to Mohács and the surrounding area.

Busojárás has been a part of UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity since 2009 and has been a Hungarikum since 2012.

Read also: Busójárás returns in 2022! — PHOTOS

Festivals to look out for

Since the Carnival period is all about merriment and feasts, there are a lot of traditional Hungarian gastronomic festivals to choose from, like pig slaughters and butchers’ competitions, as well as sausage-making festivals and Pálinka festivals. With the help of Origo, we have collected some ideas for you:

Butchers’ competitions

February 5th

Gyomaendrődi Disznótoros és Böllérpálinka Verseny 2022

This event showcases the traditions of disznótoros with an overload of gastronomic experiences from pig slaughters to tastings and Pálinka competitions, as well as raffles and markets.

Visiting is free until 14:00. A ticket, which works as a raffle as well, costs about €3 (1,000 forints).

sausage bacon hungarian dish traditional food
Photo: Alpár Kató – Daily News Hungary ©

Kistarcsai Böllérfesztivál

The goal of this festival was to reinvigorate the Hungarian tradition of pig slaughtering. Food and drink stalls are available all day, just as traditional pork dishes and sausages, and the event is accompanied by music and dance.

Visiting is free.

/www.csabaikolbaszfesztival.hu/

February 12th

Gyáli Böllérverseny 2022

The main attraction is the pig slaughter competition followed by making disznótoros dishes from the animal’s parts.

Visiting is free.

Sausage Festivals

January 29th

Kolbásztöltő Verseny és Fesztivál Mosonmagyaróvár

This is the perfect opportunity to tase both traditional Hungarian and special, crazy sausages in Mosonmagyaróvár.

Visiting is free.

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Sausages at a butcher’s
Source: Still from youtu.be/VX9z-KZzNMs

February 11-13th

Jász Kolbásztöltő Fesztivál

The goal of this event is to showcase the making of traditional Hungarian sausages and to introduce visitors to rural life in Hungary.

Drinking festivals

January 26-30th

Forraltbor és Pálinkafesztivál 2022 Budapest

What awaits you: barbecue, cheese, artisanal products, and a truly merry atmosphere.

February 19th

Marcali Borforraló fesztivál

An event of music and celebration with a lot of delicious mulled wines is guaranteed.

balaton sound festival
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Mangalica festivals

February 25-27th

Debrecen

In Debrecen, the festival of this strange Hungarian species of pig with delicious meat is organised for the 13th time this year. You can see and maybe even pet this hairy type of pig, as well as taste delicious traditional dishes made from them.

Visiting is free.

Mangalica Festival Budapest
Photo: www.mangalicafesztival.hu

March 18-20th

Budapest

Although late to the Carnival season, this Mangalica Festival will be organised in the capital of Hungary, Budapest, and since it is a free event, you might not want to miss it.

Special food festivals

February 12-13th

Csokoládé és Édesség Fesztivál

For the lovers of cakes, chocolate, and sweet things. This two-day event offers you possibilities to try yourself out in cake- and chocolate-eating competitions. There are also many kids’ programs, as well as music and raffles.

Tickets cost €4.5 (1,500 forints).

February 13th

Vegan Sunday Market

Vegan Sunday Market
Vegan Sunday Market in the Summer
Photo: facebook.com/veganfoodfestbp

If you like Hungary but you would like to try something other than traditional food and meat-heavy dishes, this is the perfect place for you. You will certainly find vegan cheese, cookies, sandwiches, and many hand-made products.

The event is dog- and child-friendly.

Cultural festivals

You can find many events to choose from HERE, but we have to highlight one.

Csángó Festival
Photo: facebook.com/csangobal

February 12th

Csángó Bál

“The programme aims to present the extraordinarily archaic and incomparably rich popular traditions and culture of Moldova and Gyimes Csángós to the Hungarian and the international public. With our festival, we would like to create an occasion for the Csángós to bring and present, to those interested, the culture they cultivate, their national costumes, customs, music, dances in the context of a stage performance,” they wrote about themselves.

MOM Cultural Centre

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Source: nevezetesnapok.hu, origo.hu, Daily News Hungary

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