Tomorrow, Friday – March, 17. can be Irish for a Day … people all over the World and especially those of Irish decent – don green to celebrate on the same day Saint Patrick’s Day.
Budapest’s Saint Patrick Day’s festival will overall be from 1 p.m. till 5 p.m. on Sunday – March,19. 2023.
Gathering spot will be from 1 p.m. at the Szabadság square – Budapest.
There will be not a bucket of Gold, but a-whole-lot-of entertainment on the square with Irish music and dancers, face painting, and a presentation of Gaelic games. Temptation will not be missing to refresh visitors with yummy food and drink discounts and of course barrel full of Irish beer on the spot. Those who have had been to a St. Patrick’s Day event already know the must-have: Irish music and dancing, a few pints of Guinness, some gigantic, spectacular puppets – an inexhaustible supply of everything Irish.
The march parade around Budapest will start from 3 p.m. till 5 p.m., whereas all kinds of superb entertainment welcome the visitors.
The march starts at 3 p.m. Venue: Szabadság square rolling along to the impressive Hungarian Parliament to the Széchenyi square following on Zrínyi Street next to the Saint Steven Basilica, then on to the Sas street and back to the starting point at the Szabadság square.
There will be a lot of entertainment on the square with Irish music and dancers, face painting, and a presentation of Gaelic games. There will be all sorts of temptations to refresh all visitors with food and drink discounts at the square. Those who have had been to a St. Patrick’s Day event already know the must-have: Irish music and dancing, a few pints of Guinness, some gigantic, spectacular puppets – an inexhaustible supply of everything Irish.
Don’t have to be Irish to come along and enjoy Saint Patrick’s Day happening to the colorful festival at Budapest.
Keep in mind not to be missed!
A little bit of background to Saint Patrick … Despite his Irish notoriety, Saint Patrick was British. St. Patrick’s Day observes of the death of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. According to Irish legend, Saint Patrick used the shamrock … a three leaf clover … as a metaphor to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish, when he was first introducing Christianity to Ireland.
One of the reasons to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day is because of Ireland’s nickname “The Emerald Isle” – Ireland itself is even known as the “Green Isle”. St Patrick’s Day (Lá Fhéile Pádraig) is Ireland’s national holiday. The holiday has evolved into a celebration of Irish culture with parades, festivals, special foods, music, dancing, drinking and a whole lot of green.
Green has been worn to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day since the 1640s, going back to when St. Patrick himself explained religious idea. The tradition is tied to folklore that says wearing green makes you invisible to leprechauns.
One of the lucky St. Patrick’s Day traditions in Ireland is to don the color green, as the hue symbolizes Ireland’s lush landscape. The Irish tricolor flag is meant to represent Ireland’s Catholic heritage and nationalism, while the orange represents the Protestant minority. The white between the two represents peace between Catholics and Protestants.
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