Busójárás
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The busójárás (Hungarian, meaning "Busó-walking"; in Croatian: Pohod bušara) is an annual celebration of the Šokci living in the town of Mohács, Hungary, held at the end of the Carnival season ("farsang"), ending the day before Ash Wednesday. The celebration features Busós (people wearing traditional masks) and includes folk music, masquerading, parades and dancing. Busójárás lasts six days, usually during February. It starts on a Thursday, followed by the Kisfarsang (Little Farsang) carnival on Friday, with the biggest celebration, farsang vasárnap (Farsang Sunday) on the Sunday before Easter
Key facts
- Recurring event.name
- Busójárás
- Recurring event.image
- Busojaras-Buso and Son.jpg
- Recurring event.caption
- Some masked Busós. February 2006.
- Recurring event.status
- Active
- Recurring event.genre
- Carnival
- Recurring event.frequency
- Annual
- Recurring event.location
- Mohács, Hungary
- Intangible heritage.ICH
- Busó festivities at Mohács: masked end-of-winter carnival custom
- Intangible heritage.State Party
- Hungary
- Intangible heritage.ID
- 00252
- Intangible heritage.Region
- ENA
- Intangible heritage.Year
- 2009
- Intangible heritage.Session
- 4th
- Intangible heritage.List
- Representative
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Les festivités Busó de Mohács : une coutume de carnaval masqué marquant la fin de l’hiver - UNESCO Patrimoine culturel immatériel
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The busójárás (Hungarian, meaning "Busó-walking"; in Croatian: Pohod bušara) is an annual celebration of the Šokci living in the town of Mohács, Hungary, held at the end of the Carnival season ("farsang"), ending the day before Ash Wednesday. The celebration features Busós (people wearing traditional masks) and includes folk music, masquerading, parades and dancing. Busójárás lasts six days, usually during February. It starts on a Thursday, followed by the Kisfarsang (Little Farsang) carnival on Friday, with the biggest celebration, farsang vasárnap (Farsang Sunday) on the Sunday before Easter Sunday; the celebration then ends with farsangtemetés (Burial of Farsang) on the following Tuesday (Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras). These traditional festivities have been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of the UNESCO in 2009.
Locals explain the Carnival with two related but different legends.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Busójárás” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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