Showing posts with label traditions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label traditions. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Katalin Varga (film review)

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So a couple of weeks ago we watched Katalin Varga, a film made by a British director, set near here and filmed in Hungarian (mostly) and Rom...
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

(Girl)friend in a koma

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I went to a christening on Saturday, in which we (and a whole host of others) became godparents (I can only assume that the two actual paren...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Fat Tuesday

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This is what my Yahoo mail account lists today as in the little "important dates" thingy at the bottom of the screen. But it'...
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Monday, December 08, 2008

What the Mikulás brought

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Friday was the day when the Mikulás came. The Mikulás, or St Nicholas as you may know him, shows up on December 5th with various small gif...
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Thursday, March 20, 2008

East of Easter

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So, it's Maundy Thursday. No idea what that means, but it's the day before Good Friday. At least it is the day before Good Friday ...
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Monday, July 02, 2007

Reunion

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No, not the French island off East Africa. I have never been to a school reunion. Not of my secondary school, not of my (excuse British-is...
Monday, May 28, 2007

Farewell for another year, Búcsú

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Well, it was hot for the pilgrimage. Very very hot. And since the culmination of the event involves climbing up a fairly steep slope in or...
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Friday, May 11, 2007

Frozen Saints

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It was cold yesterday, much colder than it has been for ages. I went out for a bike ride in the afternoon, and actually needed to work hard...
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Sunday, February 18, 2007

Blog of a Death Foretold

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So, yesterday we went to Gyergyószárhegy, which is a village about an hour north of here to witness the funeral of the Farsang. [Szárhegy, a...
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Sunday, January 28, 2007

Farsangi bál

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So, how was the party, is the question I'm sure you're all asking. It was good, but like no party I'd been to before. Or rather...
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Friday, January 26, 2007

Farsang 07

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Last year I mentioned Farsang , the Hungarian (possibly Transylvanian only, who knows) pre-Lent feasting period, and I presciently mentioned...
Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Crumbs

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On Monday, I learned of another new cultural practice previously unknown to me. That is the practice of Crumbs . To explain I'll have ...