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Busójárás Mask

TITLE: Busójárás Mask
TYPE: face mask with hood
GENERAL REGION: Europe
COUNTRY: Hungary
SUBREGION: Mohács
ETHNICITY: Šokci
DESCRIPTION: Busó hooded mask
CATALOG ID: EUHU002
MAKER: György Prókai (Mohács, 197?- )
CEREMONY: Busójárás (Farsang)
AGE: 2016
MAIN MATERIAL: wood
OTHER MATERIALS: ram horns; sheep’s leather and wool; goat hair; paint; hardware

Busójárás is the Hungarian festival held annually in Mohács to celebrate the end of winter. Although the event has a pre-Christian origin as a ritual to frighten away the winter, it has been adapted to coincide with Christian ideology and timed to end with Carnival (Farsang). Masqueraders parade in hooded devil masks of the kind shown here, wearing goat-skin suits and carrying staves or playing traditional folk music.

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Busójárás Mask

TITLE: Busójárás Mask
TYPE: face mask
GENERAL REGION: Europe
COUNTRY: Hungary
SUBREGION: Mohács
ETHNICITY: Šokci
DESCRIPTION: Large Busó mask
CATALOG ID: EUHU001
MAKER: Unknown
CEREMONY: Busójárás (Farsang)
AGE: 1960s-1970s
MAIN MATERIAL: wood
OTHER MATERIALS: ram horns; plant fiber; string; pigment

Busójárás is the Hungarian festival held annually in Mohács to celebrate the end of winter. Although the event has a pre-Christian origin as a ritual to frighten away the winter, it has been adapted to coincide with Christian ideology and timed to end with Carnival (Farsang). Masqueraders parade in devil masks of the kind shown here, wearing goat-skin suits and carrying staves or playing traditional folk music.

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Hungary 1973 – 120 forint

REGION: Europe
COUNTRY: Hungary
YEAR PRINTED: 1973
VALUE: 120 forint

This stamp is one of a series of seven issued by Hungary in 1973 to celebrate the Busójárás festival centered around Mohács, Hungary. Busó masks represent devils who parade in goat-skin suits at the end of Farsang (Carnival) to celebrate, or perhaps to frighten away, the end of winter.

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Hungary 1973 – 80 forint

REGION: Europe
COUNTRY: Hungary
YEAR PRINTED: 1973
VALUE: 80 forint

This stamp is one of a series of seven issued by Hungary in 1973 to celebrate the Busójárás festival centered around Mohács, Hungary. Busó masks represent devils who parade in goat-skin suits at the end of Farsang (Carnival) to celebrate, or perhaps to frighten away, the end of winter.

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Hungary 1973 – 60 forint

REGION: Europe
COUNTRY: Hungary
YEAR PRINTED: 1973
VALUE: 60 forint

This stamp is one of a series of seven issued by Hungary in 1973 to celebrate the Busójárás festival centered around Mohács, Hungary. Busó masks represent devils who parade in goat-skin suits at the end of Farsang (Carnival) to celebrate, or perhaps to frighten away, the end of winter.

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Hungary 1973 – 40 forint

REGION: Europe
COUNTRY: Hungary
YEAR PRINTED: 1973
VALUE: 40 forint

This stamp is one of a series of seven issued by Hungary in 1973 to celebrate the Busójárás festival centered around Mohács, Hungary. Busó masks represent devils who parade in goat-skin suits at the end of Farsang (Carnival) to celebrate, or perhaps to frighten away, the end of winter.

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Hungary 1973 – 6 forint

REGION: Europe
COUNTRY: Hungary
YEAR PRINTED: 1973
VALUE: 6 forint

This stamp is one of a series of seven issued by Hungary in 1973 to celebrate the Busójárás festival centered around Mohács, Hungary. Busó masks represent devils who parade in goat-skin suits at the end of Farsang (Carnival) to celebrate, or perhaps to frighten away, the end of winter.

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Hungary 1973 – 4 forint

REGION: Europe
COUNTRY: Hungary
YEAR PRINTED: 1973
VALUE: 4 forint

This stamp is one of a series of seven issued by Hungary in 1973 to celebrate the Busójárás festival centered around Mohács, Hungary. Busó masks represent devils who parade in goat-skin suits at the end of Farsang (Carnival) to celebrate, or perhaps to frighten away, the end of winter.

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Hungary 1973 – 2 forint

REGION: Europe
COUNTRY: Hungary
YEAR PRINTED: 1973
VALUE: 2 forint

This stamp is one of a series of seven issued by Hungary in 1973 to celebrate the Busójárás festival centered around Mohács, Hungary. Busó masks represent devils who parade in goat-skin suits at the end of Farsang (Carnival) to celebrate, or perhaps to frighten away, the end of winter.

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