Exactly seven weeks before Easter, the streets of Mohács come alive with the annual Busójárás Carnival. The pre-Lent festival features locals wearing sheepskin costumes while parading and dancing in the streets. Busójárás lasts six days, starting on Thursday and ending the day before Ash Wednesday. The carnival ends with a symbolic ritual called ‘The Burial [...]
This past weekend the annual Easter festival took place in Hollókö, a Palóc ethnographic village located in northeastern Hungary. Here are some of the highlights of the festival which were taken by our photographer Gabor Ancsin.
Easter (Húsvét) in Hungary is celebrated with folk traditions and religious observance. Here are some of the most common practices for this springtime holiday. Lent Hungarians regard “Lent” as the Great Fast for Easter. Since meat is forbidden during Lent, the day before Ash Wednesday is called “Húshagyó Kedd”, which means “meat abandoning Tuesday”. On Holy [...]
This recipe for kulich is by food blogger Alina Petropavlovska and her mother who have kept the tradition of baking this sweet bread for Easter every year. She says this recipe reminds her of the incense they use in the Orthodox church as it combines the perfect blend of spices. A few tricks that Alina has recommended for making a great kulich involves kneading the dough [...]
Easter in Vienna is a very special time. Each year colorful and vibrant Easter markets are set-up throughout the city. These markets offer a variety of handcrafted Easter eggs, flowers and wreaths, local arts and crafts, and specialty foods. The following is an overview of some of the most popular Easter markets in Vienna. Easter Market Schönbrunn Palace [...]
This particular recipe makes a very flavorful and robust ham. Ingredients 6 – 8 lbs fully cooked spiral-cut ham 2 cup (500 ml) water, plus 2 tbsp 1 cup (250 ml) pineapple juice 1/4 cup (55 grams) packed brown sugar 2 tbsp lemon juice 4 tsp dry mustard 1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1/8 tsp ground cloves 2 tbsp cornstarch 1 can [...]
Easter is a special time in Russia, with many delicious foods prepared for the joyous occasion. Celebrations are generally later than in the West. This happens because Easter dates are determined by different calendars. The Russian-Orthodox church uses the old Julian calendar, whereas the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches follow the Gregorian calendar. Here are just a [...]
Happy Easter! I just wanted to share another great website for decorated Easter eggs. Made by artist Adriana who is a first generation Ukrainian-American. Her collection features traditional pysanky (Ukrainian styled eggs) including ones made using goose and ostrich eggs. These eggs are available for purchase online. The website also has a section on how to [...]
Selecting • Decide what type of ham you want such as bone in or boneless, dry-cured or wet-cured. There are both ready-to-eat hams and fresh uncooked hams available. • For fresh hams select one that has a well-marbled lean section with a firm white layer of fat on the outside. For cured and ready-to-eat hams [...]
For those that would like to view hand-made decroated Polish Easter Eggs. You can visit Irena Dobucka’s personal website on Pisanki Art. Her collection features several beautiful galleries of intricate eggs and art expositions including painted, crocheted, and new concept designs. Simply gorgeous! Be sure to sign her guest book when visitng. Pisanki Art http://www.pisanki-art.pl
