Just a few things. My husband is Irish and families name some of their children after grandparents, aunts, uncles etc. It could be a Catholic custom though. Poland also celebrates name days. Blood pudding is something the English and Irish eat as well. So quite a few things mentioned may be unusual for Americans, but not so much for people from other European countries. Don't forget coca cola is heavily involved as to how you celebrate Christmas in the West. When it comes to formal/ informal use of addressing people this is also a feature of Russian, German, French, Spanish as well just to mention a few.
The custom originated with the Christian calendar of saints: believers named after a saint would celebrate that saint's feast day, or in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, the day of a saint's death. Name days have greater resonance in the Catholic and Orthodox parts of Europe; Protestant churches practice less veneration of saints. In many countries, however, name-day celebrations no longer have connection to explicitly Christian traditions.
Technically in the medieval era, the name day was instead of the birthday across Europe. This was the practice because there was not an official system of birth registry. And yes, in the Christian countries the priests led the birth registry, but here there was the practice, that the child was named after the name of that saint, who has the feast (or the celebration of their name) on that day, when the child was born. ;) It was very practical, because the parents could remark easily when child was born more or less exactly.
Actually we cut out the center of the flags first in the 1956 revolution (against soviet occupation) because at the time there was a bearings or hatchment with a communist red star on the center of the flag, that's why we cut it out or burned it out. Since then the hole is a symbol against the subjection.
She's a really adorable person, it was nice to watch this! But.. I don't know where she saw that, but we don't put a whole fish into the fish soup with the head and not at all with the eyeballs :) It could be a unique thing.. idk. And we don't like the blood sausage as much as some think. Personally me NOT at all and none of whom I know. Rather country people like it, especially the old ones. In the towns people don't used to eat blood sausage too much. This is a bit extreme food in Hungary too and not many people likes it.
The correct order is: Halloween (That means All Hallows'/Saints' Eve), All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day/Day of the Dead. Lots of Hungarians don't know the correct order.
The wife replying. I was named after my grandmother my father's mother. When I was a small girl they used to have a book and it had name days in it. So remember different months the name used to pop up
Name days are actually a lot more minor than birthdays. But I'm glad you enjoyed your stay here :)
Thank you for talking about my country so nicely. You are a very nice person.
Just a few things. My husband is Irish and families name some of their children after grandparents, aunts, uncles etc. It could be a Catholic custom though. Poland also celebrates name days. Blood pudding is something the English and Irish eat as well. So quite a few things mentioned may be unusual for Americans, but not so much for people from other European countries. Don't forget coca cola is heavily involved as to how you celebrate Christmas in the West. When it comes to formal/ informal use of addressing people this is also a feature of Russian, German, French, Spanish as well just to mention a few.
The custom originated with the Christian calendar of saints: believers named after a saint would celebrate that saint's feast day, or in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, the day of a saint's death. Name days have greater resonance in the Catholic and Orthodox parts of Europe; Protestant churches practice less veneration of saints. In many countries, however, name-day celebrations no longer have connection to explicitly Christian traditions.
I am an American and I love Hungary. The best food and people. I loved Eger the most. I could live there easily.
Technically in the medieval era, the name day was instead of the birthday across Europe. This was the practice because there was not an official system of birth registry. And yes, in the Christian countries the priests led the birth registry, but here there was the practice, that the child was named after the name of that saint, who has the feast (or the celebration of their name) on that day, when the child was born. ;) It was very practical, because the parents could remark easily when child was born more or less exactly.
Actually we cut out the center of the flags first in the 1956 revolution (against soviet occupation) because at the time there was a bearings or hatchment with a communist red star on the center of the flag, that's why we cut it out or burned it out. Since then the hole is a symbol against the subjection.
It is nice to hear that you adore the country.
Thank you for your kind words!
She's a really adorable person, it was nice to watch this!
But.. I don't know where she saw that, but we don't put a whole fish into the fish soup with the head and not at all with the eyeballs :) It could be a unique thing.. idk. And we don't like the blood sausage as much as some think. Personally me NOT at all and none of whom I know. Rather country people like it, especially the old ones. In the towns people don't used to eat blood sausage too much. This is a bit extreme food in Hungary too and not many people likes it.
Not used to have a rule. There is still a government office which maintains the list of allowable names.
My god.. what a beautiful voice
Very nice summary and representation of your impressions!
It's not called pig jello, its head cheese in English.
The correct order is: Halloween (That means All Hallows'/Saints' Eve), All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day/Day of the Dead. Lots of Hungarians don't know the correct order.
The wife replying. I was named after my grandmother my father's mother. When I was a small girl they used to have a book and it had name days in it. So remember different months the name used to pop up
You have a spice called paprika becouse it is paper