Húsvét

In Hungary, Húsvét is a movable spring feast in March or April, with the main customs focused on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. After Lent, the holiday table traditionally features sonka (ham), főtt tojás (boiled eggs), kalács, and strong grated torma with the ham. In many Catholic communities, baskets of Easter food are taken for blessing on Holy Saturday or before Easter Sunday mass, depending on local practice. Decorated eggs, called hímes tojás, are a central symbol and are sold at markets as well as made at home. Village celebrations in places such as Hollókő are especially famous, but the holiday is widely marked across Hungary in homes, churches, and family visits.

Easter Monday, húsvéthétfő, is the day of locsolkodás. Boys and men visit girls and women they know, recite a short locsolóvers, and ask "Szabad-e locsolni?" before sprinkling them with perfume, cologne, or water. In return, they receive painted eggs, chocolate, a drink, or sometimes a little money. In some villages, older water-splashing versions survive as folk tradition, while in towns the custom is usually lighter and perfume-based. The visiting often starts in the morning and continues house by house through the day, especially among relatives, neighbors, and classmates. Hosts set out ham, eggs, cakes, wine, or pálinka, so the day becomes a steady round of greetings, poems, food, and joking exchanges.

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