December 4, 2007

Winter Festival Exhibition At The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library organized a International Winter Festival Exhibition at their Main Building on the corner of G Street NW and 9th Street NW. The following Hungarian pictures are displayed at the exhibiton:

BUSÓJÁRÁS IN MOHÁCS

A traditional winter carnival of the Sokác ethnic group in Mohács, Southern Hungary, busójárás continues to take place at around February every year. During the carnival, masked people dress up as devils, make loud music and dance around town, scaring away Winter with huge bonfires. In the rural agricultural areas, Busójárás used to signal the end of Winter and the coming of Spring. For more information, click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus%C3%B3j%C3%A1r%C3%A1s

ICE SKATING IN BUDAPEST

Skaters enjoy the greatest ice ring in Budapest at Városliget Park (City Park) with the Vajdahunyad Castle Museum in the background. For more information, click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajdahunyad_Castle

MATTHIAS CHURCH AND THE STATUE OF KING SAINT STEPHEN

The Neo-Gothic Matthias Church and the equistrian statue of King Saint Stephen of Hungary in the Buda Castle during a winter night. For more information, click here: http://www.matyas-templom.hu