Whit Monday

Nemzeti vagta 2009/

National Gallop 2009

Hosok ter

May 30. - June 01.

.

"The National Gallop is a celebration of Hungarian towns & villages.

It is a riding competition with a historic theme

and is based on Hungarian traditions,

making it a national cultural event of dual aims:

the centre of the events is the historical gallop race

in which Hungarian settlements can enter

and compete against each other.

Between the races Hungarian history of

war and horse riding

will be revived by

a spactacular show,

including processions and historical parades."

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Traditional Hussar Games
.
A race track of sand was made around Hosok ter
.

Gallop Promenade
on Andrassy ut
with presentation of the competing
towns & villages
and their sponsors
.

Craftmen's Market
.
Making of "kenyerlangos"
.
Traditional singing among the audience
.
And this is...traditional Hungarian not-so-low-fat delicasy...
.
Making of Hungarian culinary delights
.
At least on Monday there were lot of people there.
On Saturday & Sunday the weather probably made people stay at home.
Of course, it is nice that this kind of and

other historical events are organized,
but somehow find it quite boring,

nothing special there,
they look always the same

with similar stands
and not so well done

- the competition itself was actually well done!

But the other things around it....
Maybe it's just because of being foreigner don't understand...

and also as not being a great fan of Hungarian culinary!

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