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Written by Juli Kubát
In Hungary there are a lot of beliefs, superstitions, customs around Christmas time.
In the last decades most of the folk traditions has been disappeared from real life but symbolically we still commemorate them.
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October 4, 2008
Various civil groups decided to organize a demonstration called "Tarka Magyar" ("Diverse Hungarian") to commemorate the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the International Day of Non-Violence. Organizers hoped the demonstration would be the "biggest non-partisan demonstration since the fall of communism", but turn-out fell far short of the expected 100,000 people. Eventually, some 4,000-5,000 people joined the march that ran through downtown Budapest on Saturday afternoon to protest against discrimination and violence and support tolerance.
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New series of posts on the Budapest blog in section 'A foreigner's diary'!
Stories from the pen of a Trinidadian guy living in Budapest, and her young Hungarian wife, who decided to take all difficulties to finally find home in Budapest.
We hope that this section will provide you, dear Reader, a new perspective of people's life in Budapest. Having an insight into the everyday life of this sympathic couple could make us better understand and face weaknesses of our society, old-fashiend systems, way of thinking...
Altough they are living in Hungary, I am sure that their stories could happen not only in Budapest, but in any other Europen city.
Barry and Orsi, welcome to our community, the foor is Yours!
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