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Cover art for the February issue of local program magazine Pécs City Guide. Going native: hug a busó! As you can read in the paper: "At first glance they look like monsters from some Japanese horror movie, but in fact they are very friendly chaps, who know how throw a party and make a whole city dance. Have you met with a busó? It is time to get acquainted! It is no exaggeration, that the busós of Mohács have worldwide fame, after all the Busó Carnival has been part of the UNESCO’s Cultural Heritage list since 2009 and it is also a wonderful intersection of different cultures and folk traditions. And cultural and ethnographic considerations aside, it is most importantly great fun. The origin of the busós and their carnival is linked with the multinational heritage of Mohács and its countryside. During the late 17th century a Croatian ethnic group, the Šokac migrated to the countryside from Bosnia and they brought their traditions with themselves, among them the winter farewell and spring welcoming festivities with the masked busós whose main task was to scare off the winter for good. But it is only one part of the puzzle: the local Hungarian culture welcomed the busós and the tradition survived and evolved through the centuries. (...)"

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