1. Patronised social groups: communist party; the
party's youth organisations: KISZ,
Pioneers' Association (pioneers, little
drummers)
Prohibited social groups: non-communist
parties, religious associations (KALOT,
KALSZ, Regnum Marianum...)
Bank holidays: 1 Jan (New Year)
4 Apr (officially: the Soviet Army frees
Hungary from the Nazi occupation; in fact:
Soviet occupation - abolished)
1 May (Labour Day Workers'
procession; beer and sausages)
20 Aug (celebrating the Constitution/
/New Bread St Stephens Day)
7 Nov (celebrating the Soviet revolution of
Russia in October 1917 - abolished)
Christian feasts can be celebrated in a
restricted way: Easter, Christmas, St Nicholas
(communist renaming attempt: feast of the the
bunny, feast the fir tree, Father Frost) now:
freedom of celebration
Family feasts: birthday, name day, christening
(communist equivalent:namegiving), wedding
Traditions still practised:
- folk dance clubs (part of the intangible
World Heritage)
- nativity plays and midnight mass (for
Catholics) at Christmas; dishes: fish
soup, rolls and dumplings with poppy
seeds; Christmas candy on the tree
- the boys sprinkle the girls with
perfume/water on Easter Monday;
ham, horse radish, decorated/dyed eggs
- folk costumes from N坦gr叩d, Kalocsa,
Mezk旦vesd...
T叩rsadalmi 辿let, szok叩sok, n辿pi hagyom叩nyok
Social life, customs and ethnic traditions
T叩mogatott t叩rsadalmi csoportosul叩sok:
kommunista p叩rt; a p叩rt ifj炭s叩gi szerve-
zetei: KISZ, tt旦rsz旦vets辿g (炭tt旦rk,
kisdobosok)
Tiltott t叩rsadalmi csoportosul叩sok:
nem-kommunista p叩rtok, vall叩si egyletek
(KALOT, KALSZ, Regnum Marianum...)
Piros bet撤s 端nnepek: Jan. 1. (j辿v)
pr. 4. (hivatalosan a felszabadul叩s 端nnepe
val坦j叩ban a n辿met megsz叩ll叩st a szovjet
megsz叩ll叩s v叩ltja fel - megsz撤nt)
M叩j. 1. (a munka 端nnepe a dolgoz坦knak
k旦telez a felvonul叩s; s旦r 辿s virsli, lufi)
Aug. 20. (az Alkotm叩ny/j Keny辿r 端nnepe
Szent Istv叩n 端nnepe; t撤zij叩t辿k)
Nov. 7. (az 1917-es Nagy Okt坦beri Szocialista
Forradalom 端nnepe szovjet 端nnep, megsz撤nt)
a kereszt辿ny 端nnepek korl叩tozottan
端nnepelhetk, az otthon 辿s a templom falai k旦zt:
H炭sv辿t, P端nk旦sd, Kar叩csony, Mikul叩s
(kommunista 叩tnevez辿si k鱈s辿rlet: nyuszi端nnep,
feny端nnep, T辿lap坦) - ma: szabad 端nnepl辿s
Csal叩di 端nnepek: sz端let辿snap, n辿vnap,
keresztel (叩llami v叩ltozata a n辿vad坦), esk端v
Ma is 辿l hagyom叩nyok:
- t叩nch叩z mozgalom (a szellemi Vil叩g旦r旦k-
s辿g r辿sze)
- Kar叩csonykor p叩sztorj叩t辿k 辿s 辿jf辿li mise
(katolikusoknak), betlehemez辿s h叩zakn叩l
辿telek: hal叩szl辿, m叩kos guba, m叩kos 辿s
di坦s beigli; szaloncukor a f叩ra
- h炭sv辿ti locsolkod叩s (k旦lnivel/v鱈zzel a
fi炭k a l叩nyokat h炭sv辿th辿tfn);
sonka, reszelt torma, h鱈mes/festett toj叩s
- n辿pviseletek: pal坦c, kalocsai, maty坦...