Easter celebratory watering of girls in Szenna Open Air folklore museum.

169 years after the real Battle of Tapiobicske history enthusiasts reenacted the famous event with great joy. Hundreds of school children witnessed the unique history lesson and they enjoyed it almost as much as the people participating dressed as Austrian or Hungarian soldiers.

History enthusiasts reenacted again the Battle of Tapiobicske and Hungarian forces won the fierce battle once again.  Just like I wrote about it a few years ago, this battle reenactment is full of interesting scenes this year again.

The photographer girl couldn’t escape the folk tradition of Easter watering. Aafter toxic red smudge, rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons now she got a splash from the watering buckets – not a small portion of it.

On 4th April in 1949. after long drawn fights the Hungarian trops managed to get through river Tápió and defeat the soldiers of the Habsburg house then take back the village of the Hungarian populated Tápióbicske.

I wish a happy Easter to everyone! I hope the holiday goes well for everyone (including the bunny!) and that you are already done with decorating your eggs. If not, here are some traditional ideas in this post from Hungary.

The centuries-old carnival of the “busojaras” in Mohács is a wonderful folk tradition way down south near Hungary’s border with Croatia. I won’t be able to attend it this year unfortunately, but some of my older photos are posted below.

Armed cowboys stormed the shooting range in Dabas where gun shots surrounded live ammo fights to find out who wins the title of the best European action shooter.

Historic Hungarian horseback archers once beat armies of Europe with their famous backwards fireing capabilities. This memory revisited when World record holder Lajos Kassai won the Horseback Archery European Championships last weekend. His students followed him in the awards ceremony.

Following traditions the Day of Saint George is not only to honour policemen, that in Hungary for a whlie has been tied togehter with honouring firemen as well. This is also the day when the traditional agricultural gazing season starts. This is the day herdsmen lead their livestock to the fields to keep them outside for the rest of the time until the gazing season ends.