HUGARIAN EASTER TRADITIONS ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐น๐ฏ One of the most popular Hungarian Easter traditions isย locsolkodรกs, loosely translated at 'sprinkling the womenfolk', practised in town and countryside. On Easter Monday, boys are allowed toย sprinkle girls with water or perfume โ traditionally, aย bucket of waterย is thrown on them! โ and then the girls offer themย painted eggs,ย homemade treatsย or aย little shot of alcoholย in return. If the latter, which often happens, then daytime drunkenness among the menfolk is a given. To earn theirย pรกlinka, men must also recite aย ย locsolรณย verse, slightly humorous or innocently racy. The sprinkling of water, and the repayment with eggs, dates back to pre-Christian fert...
HUGARIAN EASTER TRADITIONS
๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐น๐ฏ
One of the most popular Hungarian Easter traditions isย locsolkodรกs, loosely translated at 'sprinkling the womenfolk', practised in town and countryside. On Easter Monday, boys are allowed toย sprinkle girls with water or perfume โ traditionally, aย bucket of waterย is thrown on them! โ and then the girls offer themย painted eggs,ย homemade treatsย or aย little shot of alcoholย in return. If the latter, which often happens, then daytime drunkenness among the menfolk is a given. To earn theirย pรกlinka, men must also recite aย ย locsolรณย verse, slightly humorous or innocently racy. The sprinkling of water, and the repayment with eggs, dates back to pre-Christian fert...