Hungarian culture aesthetic

Thanks to “St Louis, Missouri” for many additions and corrections to my posting They have been incorporated into the text. Watch this “panorama” to get a sense of the vibran…

'The red sea'

Hungarian women, Hungary

Today is Folklore Thursday on social media! If you want to find out more, follow this link, or click on the #FolkloreThursday hashtag on Twitter! Hosted by @FolkloreThursday. Hungarian fairy folklore (or what we managed to collect about it to date) is not as detailed and coherent as some other cultures' (take Ireland, for example). There is also a difference between the fairies that feature into folk beliefs, and the fairies that appear in folktales. And yet, out of the few folk creatures…

Cool garb

Hungarian folk painting covers walls and household items with the same intensive detail and color used in their embroideries. A decorative art tradition of brightly colored daily surfaces resulted.