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The road to No BUTS
Coming on February 2, 2009, to media surfaces throughout Hungary
Established in May 2008, Hungary’s Media Union launches its first, year-long campaign to draw attention to Hungarians’ health problems, and to
emphasize the individual’s responsibility in maintaining a healthy lifestyle and focusing on prevention.
The Sunny Side of Globalization
A handful of ladies gathered at the first Meeting of Migrant Women in Budapest, representing seven cultures of the world: Australian, Chinese, Cuban, Hungarian, Polish Romanian, and Russian. Legal status, access to education, employment and decent paychecks all came into picture as the conversation went on, yet when it came to participation in public life, something amazing surfaced. Regardless of how long they were in the country or how well they spoke Hungarian, these ladies were already actively contributing to the Hungarian society, supporting their local communities...
Doll Museum Abadszalok
The doll collection consists of
nearly 600 dolls clothed in
156 different kinds of traditional outfits of people living in the Carpathian Basin, as well as
representing 65 countries from all over the world.
St. Stephen's Crown
Asztrik,
the first archbishop of Kalocsa, was the one who brought the crown from the Pope to St. Stephen of Hungary.
To commemorate the millenium of the Hungarian Conquest, a group from the High-school of Arts and Crafts created replicas of the coronation regalia in 1896. From then on,
the replica of the Crown is kept safe in the Celebration Hall of the library at Kalocsa.
Paprika Museum Kalocsa
The Paprika Museum gives visitors
an insight into the details of the manufacturing processes of the world-famous Hungarian paprika. Also called the red gold, this sweet herb is essential in the culinary culture and the traditional image of Hungary.
Cathedral Library of Kalocsa
Hundreds and
thousands of ancient codices have been gathered together in the private and archbishopric libraries being predecessors to this final, complex
library of the Cathedral in Kalocsa.
The Hungarian Runic Alphabet
The Alphabet of Nikolsburg is the first known compilation of the Hungarian runes. It dates to the 15th century, and its Latin title's approximate translation is "
Szekely letters that have been carved in wood".
Folk Costume on the Hungarian Lowlands
Few people know that the famous, colorful
kalocsai folk-costume, which abounds in flower motifs, is relatively new in its present form.
As late as the last century, people wore simple white-blue costumes. At the turn of the century, dark blue and black embroidery started to appear on the shirtsleeves, and white, and later more colorful flower design on the bodice.
From the 1930s, red, green, yellow and lilac were added to the increasingly complex design, and this is when “true” kalocsai embroidery was born.
The Vasvary Collection of the History of Hungarian-Americans
The Vasvary Collection of the History of Hungarian-Americans opened in Szeged, Hungary’s Somogyi Library, in 1978. The Collection contains data about the activities of Hungarian-Americans in various walks of life, including literature, religion, sciences, arts, politics, film, music etc., as well as information on several American Hungarian organizations.
'The Walled-up Wife' - 1
There were these masons, nine or twelve, they say. And they took upon themselves to erect a building--strong and beautiful, like none there was before. And they worked day and night. And night and day they worked, but whatever they constructed during the day collapsed at night, and whatever they built during the night fell to the ground by morning....
A Walk in Communism’s Statue Park
Called „the most exciting outdoor museum in Eastern Europe”, Budapest’s Statue Park or
Memento Park gives home to the propaganda statues raised during the Communist Era. Such names as
Lenin,
Marx and Engels,
Dimitrov and
Ostapenko are represented in the park, along with memorials to
The Soviet Soldier, the
Communist Martyrs, and
the Republic of Councils.
Schoeffer Museum Kalocsa
Nicolas Schoeffer, a famous representative of kinetic art was born in Kalocsa in 1912 and died in Paris, France in 1992. He donated a represerntative collection of his life's work to the city of Kalocsa in 1979, which is now displayed in a museum established at the artist's birthplace.
