Archive for February, 2024

7 Feb

Watch Out, it’s Right Infront of You … HBOMax 5th Episode … True Detective: Night Country.

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True Detective: Night Country – The new episode will be available Saturday morning on HBO Max.

As the months-long winter darkness descends on a research station in Alaska, the eight scientists working there disappear without a trace. Detectives Elizabeth Danvers and Evangeline Navarro must put aside their differences to solve the case. The multiple award-winning series, this time starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis, is now available on HBO Max and HBO.

The 5th episode of the highly successful crime series will be available on HBOMax on Saturday,  Morning – February, 10.  and on Monday Evening shown on HBO.

HBO has a pretty good track record when it comes to making quality mysteries. The True Detective is just one of three “The Night Of”,  “Mare of Eastown”, of the premium cable network’s repertoire that have audiences awaiting patiently each week to learn more about  Holly Sh…t …”WHODUNNIT”!?!

In 2024, True Detective: Night Country, the fourth season of the anthology show, is here to deliver a mix of horror and mystery to kick off the year.

Update by Aggie Reiter

5 Feb

A Magical Carneval to Scare Off Winter @ the City of Mohács

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The “Busójárás” – Scary Walkers Carneval will be held between February, 8.and 13, 2024.

The folk custom has passed and kept alive by oral tradition over many years of the event in Mohács which goes back to 1687. The villagers of Mohács managed to defeat the Turkish army by scaring them away with the help of frighting wooden masks and make noise with various devices to get into a boat in order to drive the Turks away after crossing the Danube. It is however, more likely, that the tradition arrived about a decade later with the Croatian settlers, whose descendants still play an active part in the festivities. Very similar masks and costumes are found in indicating links with an ancient, pagan ritual associated with spring fertility celebrations.

Mohács, located about 200 km south of the capital, is the best-known Carneval location in Hungary. The six-day-long festival starts on with an impresive parade. This tradition is acknowledged in 2009 by UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

The busó individuals are wearing big sheepskin costumes and horned wooden masks make an impressive entrance. They arrive in rowboats from across the Danube and parade through the city, making noise with cowbells and rattles, to scare away winter. Some of them arrive riding fantastical motorized or horse-drawn vehicles. Their helpers, the ‘Jankele’, are groups of children roaming the streets, dressed in rags and wearing stockings for masks, who carry sacks filled with rags to give a playful beating to the girls. The scary mask walkers return at dusk, then the hustle-and-bustle begins on the main square, where the busó people light the bonfire and this ceremony symbolically ends the winter, while over 500 busó dance around in a circle, making an even bigger racket, just to make sure that winter will definitely not come back and the people can look forward to a flourishing spring, a bountiful New Year and a good harvest.

However, it is certain that this Mohács custom has now become world famous. Year-after-year, it is surrounded by great ovation, interesting people to come not just the Hungarians but foreigners arrive to Mohács about 200 kms South of the Capital to seelive, participate at this kind of carneval. In the past, it was the custom to visit the houses and say their good wishes to the residents, they helped ward off the winter, and the people in the house rewarded them with delicious snacks. There is little historical basis for this, authentic data from the 18th century. The Mohács custom was recorded. Presumably, this legend was brought by the “sokács” of Balkan origin, thus creating a wonderful tradition that lives on to this day.

They return at dusk, when the hustle-and-bustle on the main square begins, where the busó light the bonfire and this ceremony symbolically ends the winter, from which the people can look forward to a flourishing spring, a bountiful New Year and a good harvest.

What to live through … Carnival parade … masks, buso props and other folk art objects” exhibition of the works of buso mask carvers and visiting other folk art object creators. The masquerades, folk music and dance performances, children’s activities, gastro events and handicraft fairs have had already attracted several thousand visitors.

Recommendation by Aggie Reiter

5 Feb

Loreena McKennitt One-Of-A-Kind Concert – MVM Dome @ Budapest – 2024.

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Date: Sunday,  8. p.m. March, 24. 2024.

Venue: The MVM Dome multifunctional hall  – District IX., 131 Üllői út – Budapest.

Loreena McKennitt is a singer-songwriter, who was born to Irish and Scottish parents in Morden, Manitoba – Canada.  Loreena McKennitt brings an eclectic mix of Celtic music, pop and folk, but this many of my readers know very well … right?

McKennitt one-of-a-kind … magical, enchantingly captivating individual. Her beautiful haunting notes float around you … such a refuge in this chaotic world.

Wish to spend a magnificent evenning personally at her concert, thereby discover a voice of angel and her awesome band,  catch her live … mark the date … venue then off you go to grab your ticket.

As part of of their European tour will visit Budapest in the Spring. What else can be beside her awesome concert than the Spring’s warmth breeze connected to her awesome tunes.

McKennitt and her brilliant musicians will be touring on the “Visit Revisited Tour – 2024”  visiting 10 countries and Great Britain within 24 peformances “Visit Revisited Tour” beginning on March, 6.  Eindhoven –  The Netherlands and conclude at London Palladium on April, 8. Inbetween they perform in Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Poland and  Hungary.

Loreena McKennitt will be accompanied by: Caroline Lavelle (cello), Brian Hughes (guitar), Hugh Marsh (violin) and Dudley Phillips (bass).

A quicky reminder of  McKennitt music path goes here … Starting her music career in 1985, her eclectic blend of pop, Celtic folk and world music has led her to achieve multi-Platinum status across the Globe, as well as earning two Juno Awards, two Grammy nominations and a Billboard Music Award for International Achievement. The tour celebrates her Juno Award-winning album The Visit, which was released in Canada in 1991 and achieved international success in 1992. Have had sold more than 14 million albums worldwide during her career. Her recordings have achieved gold, platinum and multi-platinum status in 15 countries and four continents. She has been nominated twice for a Grammy Award and won two Juno Awards, as well  achieved Billboard International Award. In July 2004, Governor Adrienne Clarkson of Canada awarded her the Order of Canada, the country’s most prestigious civilian award.

“Nights from the Alhambra” was released in August 2007. In 2008, she composed a new song, the theme song for the Disney film Tinker Bell: “To The Fairies They Draw Near”. The filmmakers were so impressed with the singer that they asked her to act as the film’s narrator. In the spring of 2008, McKennitt returned to Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios to record A Midwinter Night’s Dream, an expanded version of 1995’s A Winter Garden. The album was scheduled for release in November 2008.

She and her band played full house at some of the world’s most respected and historic concert halls … Carnegie Hall,  September, 2006  and at the famous Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain, the show first aired on PBS and a 3-disc DVD/CD edition titled “Nights from the Alhambra” was released in August 2007.

In 2008, she composed a new song, the theme song for the Disney film Tinker Bell: “To The Fairies They Draw Near”. The filmmakers were so impressed with the singer that they asked her to act as the film’s narrator. In the spring of 2008, McKennitt returned to Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios to record A Midwinter Night’s Dream, an expanded version of 1995’s A Winter Garden. The album was scheduled for release in November 2008.

Loreena McKennitt has also performed for “Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Majesty King Charles III” and other heads of state personals.

Recommandation by Aggie Reiter

3 Feb

The Explosion of Digital Vincent Van Gogh Exhibits @ Budapest – February, 2. 2024.

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 Get to know his ideas and ambitions whilst walking into Van Gogh’s Digital World! 

Van Gogh experienced life and the world intensely and wanted his art to portray the great themes of life …  such as hope, love, anxiety and suffering. Explore the on-going search of an artist who was constantly trying to improve himself. In this way, you get a new view of an artist you thought you knew.

Before entering the realm of Van Gogh at the press opening, Dudi Bercovici – Hadran Events managing director, organizer of the exhibition, said Q.: “We know and understand the preferences of to-day’s generation, we know that the accelerated world has developed new habits in the field of cultural consumption as well. We trust that this production will also bring young people closer to art” … and so entered the fields of Van Gogh where it affects all the senses.
 
“If this is what it takes to attract young people, and perhaps to research van Gogh’s original works of art, then it was already worth it. After all, in the 21st century, people visit exhibitions differently, they have completely different needs and interests. And Van Gogh’s art is such a work of life , which is very special both in its use of colors and in its choice of themes,” emphasized art historian Blanka Bán
 
Here is what to expect at this unique display firsthand…
 
An expansive 20000 square meters … special light and sound effects … were able to literally walk into the paintings and immersive 360 degree taking to a journey of discovery on to one of the artist’s profilict period. Instead, of visitors rolling around artworks at an exhibition, these superb arts were floating around us, brought to life by state-of-the-art 4K technology.
 
Having watched the short film about the Starry Night, uncovering amazing many shades of the same colour was breathtaking even knowing he was color blind. Transition to the next path, the multimedia and audiovisual experience keeps getting more intense. Van Gogh’s most iconic art pieces float across the walls and floor. Time to relax … sit back on a deck chairs with lily pattern, really worth to enloose yourself watching the flowting animation of Lilies. Van Gogh developed an idealused conception of the Japanese artist which led him to the Yellow House at Arles and his attemot to form an utopian art colony there with Paul Gauguin. Showing his honour to the artist’s love everything Japanese he painted Japanese Flower Tea … (see slideshow painting) Also on the pathway on the street  The Yellow House, the enchanting neighbourhood of Café Terrace at Night or the serene wheatfield definitely unmissable. Individuals may use their skills in coloring with crayon two different sheets of  Van Gogh’s  paintings within their own artistic imagination.
 
Even though the virtual reality (VR) was a bit foggy (tried to watch it twice) being uncertain experience related that although turning our heads around to adjust the sharpness of the VR glasses, unfortunately we got a blurry picture  … a lady there said to hand-hold the VR device left-right… up-down to see clearer … it unfortunetely did not work … of course, this may only reflect the state before the official opening, and the visitors will have better luck seeing a clear picture.  Anyway walking along by (VR)  Van Gogh’s ambition to paint farmers, his search for colour and his personal interpretation of nature was deeply emotional. Mind you this spot to visit comes with extra additional fee.

The Life of Van Gogh … Vincent Van Gogh was born in Holland in 1853 and died in France in 1890. From a young age, he was preoccupied with social problems and devoted himself to supporting the poor and the sick. He got real inspiration for painting while drawing the life of miners working in the Walloon Borinage region in the late 1870s. He was unstable throughout his life, tormented by mental illnesses (epilepsy, schizophrenia), and had more and more frequent severe seizures. His paintings bear traces of his unstable, tormented personality. Excessive smoking, alcohol consumption and fatigue aggravated his health condition, and one night he cut off his own ear after a fight. After that, he decided to commit himself to the psychiatric hospital in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Later, at the age of 37, he committed suicide. The painter who sold only one painting during his life, have had now became a favorit of millions … a rock star in the art world.

 
Van Gogh’s digital art exhibition has captivated audiences having dazzled over 8.5 million visitors across 80 cities worldwide for instance: Australia, New-Zealand, New Orleans, Washington DC, Jakarta, Dublin, Tel-Aviv, Seoul, London, Miami, Philly – USA, Houston, Las Vegas, Beijiin and soforth … now arrived to Budapest.
 
Crowned the winner of both Best Exhibition Experience and Best Immersive Experience at the prestigious Eventex 2023 Awards and ranked among the 12 best immersive experiences globally.
 
The multimedia exhibition Van Gogh –  The Immersive Experience  awaiting visitors in the 
Closing date: September, 1. 2024 .
 
Recommended to all those who are not just curious what an exhibition show to to-day’s generation is about,  withinthe new kind of cultural consumption.  Above all, recommend mostly to those who want an easy-to-consume content instead of belong to the regular audience of classical fine art exhibitions.
 
Families and visitors of all ages are welcome to enjoy the immersive experience … tickets on the spot.
 
Riport and snaps by Aggie Reiter
 
 

 

2 Feb

“Life is one chance, take it seriously,” – Thought of Mother Teresa of Calcutta in the hymn to life!

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PAX Television – operating since December 2001, as the first and only television station in Hungary  in favor of the protection of all life.

Friday, February, 2. 2024. Live PAX-TV for LIFE! Conference.

On the occasion of the PAX-TV conference speakers were: Prof. Dr. Emőke Bagdy, clinical psychologist and Edwin Caruana, president of the Evangelical Alliance of Malta, pastor of the first Lutheran community in Malta, Lilla Gere, CEO of PAX TV. Zsuzsánna Albert Görgey, president of the Hungarians in Europe Association and founder of the Walk for Life movement, József Gere, one of the owners of PAX TV, Zsuzsanna Bergs, vice-president of the Cry for Life Association, Márta Popovicsné Palojtay – head of the Family and Life Association Transcarpathia, Zsuzsa Máthé, director of Szent István Institute, Ilona Keresztes, vice-president of the Together for Life Association, Ádám Balogh, pastor of Naphegy congregation.

Over the past thirty years, the number of abortions in Hungary has been gradually decreasing, as the number of 90000 registered in 1990 has decreased significantly. Still, even according to preliminary data for 2023, more than 19,000 fetuses have not received, was not given the opportunity of life.

Decisions in favour of abortion can also be influenced by the coercive force of the woman’s life situation and environment. However, experience shows that the vast majority of marriages break down after abortion, and suicides can increase sixfold among those who abort their fetuses. A male-female relationship has at least three elements: passion, intimacy and commitment, of which have to work for  the two of them.

The focus of the professional event was on the miracle of life from conception to death. In addition to abortion, speakers at the event also touched on taboo topics such as addiction, which affects almost 4% of the population. This includes active euthanasia, the support of which has increased significantly in Hungary over the past 10 years. Violence, wars and knowledge about climate change that affect our sense of personal security and belief in the future multiply the anti-life decisions.

The right to respect the life of another person has been the subject of heated debates in recent decades. Although euthanasia is increasingly supported by Hungarians in line with international trends, the decision about the end of life is not a simple matter to be decided. In addition to reasons of conscience and faith, allowing the right to active euthanasia can become an obligation and an expectation for doctors, it can weaken the cohesion of society, and it can also generate new problems, which was also a topic for the conference speakers.

Between 1956 and 2022, there were 6.49 million unborn births in Hungary. The events of ’56 also contributed greatly to this issue.

At the end of the press event, the symbolic signing of PAX TV’s mission statement also took place.

Riport by Aggie Reiter

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