#busó

[konyvboritok]

[cheellart]

Miku as a Hungarian Busó 🔥 The purpose of the Busós is to scare away winter with their frightening appearance and fire dance. To these days this is an annual carnival custom in Hungary. More info here and here if you are interested :)

[pansylair]

busó bowl (2021)

cone 6 ceramic stoneware

glazes, underglaze, nichrome wire, lustre

[unusualmuffinart]

Busó family

[budapestbug]

Busójárás - Buso walking in Hungary The 500-year-old​ traditions with bonfires and parades of fearsome monsters unfold on the bank of the Danube making one of the strangest and most unforgettable events in Hungary. The Busójárás, Hungarian, meaning "Busó-walking" is held at the end of the Carnival season, ending the day before Ash Wednesday. The celebration features Busós (people wearing traditional scary masks, and includes folk music, masquerading, parades and dancing. Busójárás lasts six days, usually during February. This traditional fest have been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of the UNESCO in 2009. Busójárás is held in Mohács, southern Hungary, and every year attracts local and mass of visitors alike. Locals explain the Busójárás's origin with two related but different legends. According to the most popular one, during the Ottoman times of the territory, people from Mohács fled from the town, and started to live in the nearby swamps and woods to avoid the ransacking Turkish troops. One night, while they were sitting and talking around the fire, an old man appeared suddenly from nowhere, and said to them: "Don't be afraid, your lives will soon turn to good and you'll return to your homes. Until that time, prepare for the battle, carve various weapons and scary masks for yourselves, and wait for a stormy night when a masked knight will come to you." He disappeared as suddenly as he arrived. The refugees followed his orders, and some days later, on a stormy night, the knight arrived. He ordered them to put on their masks and go back to Mohács, making as much noise as possible. They followed his lead, and Turks were so frightened by the noise, the masks, and the storm in the night, that they thought demons were attacking them, and they ran away from the town before sunrise. In the older, less popular story, the 'busós' are scaring away not the Turks but Winter itself. This practice survive in the event, when' busós' burn a coffin, representing the Winter on a huge stake on the main square of Mohács.

[galoogamelady]

Busó

[honey-rat]

:-) my busó costume is slowly coming together

[greedo]

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. (...)"