Mád, Hungary

We went to a Harvest Festival in Mád, Hugary, and it was great fun.

Mád is a small town but because they were in the vicinity of the winery we were visiting, and because they were celebrating a harvest festial, we detoured to see what it was all about.

It's about many kiosks, much Grappa-style drink, and a parade.

Here's a fellow cooking a vat of goulash but he has a small pot bubbling over an open fire, just to set the tone.

Mostly, it was little children in the parade and young girls twirling batons. Also the odd cross-dresser:



The groups would each stop at the same place where a car was parked, playing the appropriate music from a ghettoblaster. It was too cute. The kids were adorable mostly because they were so imperfect but they put their hearts into their performances. The marching band was actually quite good though they only knew one song, Tara ra boom deay. But they played it often and with great gusto.

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