Saturday – March, 30. … from Noon.
Sunday – April, 1. from 8 a.m.
At the Hollókő Easter Festival, “a woman does not stay dry” – as the slogan of the event says, and indeed!
The traditional way of celebration, one of the most well-known Easter customs is sprinkling. At Easter, girls dressed in traditional folk costumes must be well doused with a bucket of cold water to prevent them from withering, because according to legend, fresh Easter water preserves the girls’ beauty.
Thousands of people visit this small village every year to learn about and experience Hungarian Easter traditions. The individuals at the Old Town still to-day wear their traditional colorful costums, kept their rich folklore, folk customs, with the inevitable sprinkling, concerts, handicraft demonstrations, Easter Egg Painting Yard, family and children’s programs provide unforgettable experiences in Hollókő during these three days. Will be awaiting Hungarian and foreigner visitors to this real countryside village during the occasion of Easter! The Easter Festival is a celebration of traditions and joie de vivre, where “Old Village” and its surroundings taking back in time to experience the atmosphere of the traditional Hungarian Easter!
Hollókő Old Village, is also on the UNESCO World Heritage List, where 67 red-tile historic houses have preserved their original condition and look the same as they did a hundred years ago. The specialty of Hollókő is that it is still a living and functioning village and visitors can feel as if they have stepped into a folk tale.
Distance between Hollókő – Nógrád County and Budapest by car on M3 Highway cca. 101 km , or 63 miles. Distance by car takes around 76 minutes or 1 hour.
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