(10 Apr 2023)
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Holloko, Hungary - 10 April 2023
1. Villagers singing while some men run to catch a woman
2. Various of men holding girls while others pour buckets of water over them
3. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Jozsef Kovacs, Holloko resident:
“Every year we look forward to the Holloko Easter Festival. Of course we start preparing well in advance, dusting off the buckets, because we only use them on this day of the year. And on this day we also put on the folk costume that we wear in Holloko.”
4. Men dragging a young woman
5. Men talking ++UPSOUND (Hungarian): “Do you mind if we water you?“++
6. Water being poured onto a young woman
9. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Zsofia Magosi Kelement, Holloko resident:
“For us, this is a very important holiday, I would say, the most important holiday in our family. The whole family prepares for this day, we all dress up in traditional costumes. We are here to show everyone the beauty of this holiday and our traditional costume.“
10. Men holding buckets
11. Men speaking to women ++UPSOUND (Hungarian): “We came here to pour water onto the most beautiful girls of the village.“++
12. Women screaming as men spray them with water from buckets
13. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Zsofia Magosi Kelement, Holloko resident:
“Easter is a celebration of the resurrection (of Jesus Christ), but for us as residents of Holloko, it's a more complex holiday. It is a time when we can show our Easter traditions, our customs and our traditional dresses to the visitors.”
14. Various of locals, wearing traditional costumes, walking and singing
15. Various of father and son filling up their buckets with water
16. Various of men holding girls while others pour buckets of water over them
17. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Janos Szabo, local folk dance teacher:
“By showing young people our traditions, we also show them our roots. I think that's the beauty of knowing who we are, where we come from and where we are going.”
19. Girl wringing out a wet cardigan
20. Group of men, wearing folk costumes, looking on
21. Girl hanging cardigan to dry
22. Various of villagers dancing with visitors
STORYLINE:
Thousands visited Holloko in north-eastern Hungary to witness the tiny village’s unique Easter Monday tradition of men pouring buckets of water on local women.
The Hungarian Easter tradition of sprinkling women with water goes back centuries and has been enriched by countless customs.
In the old days, the tradition was to water only the girls who are desirable candidates to be a wife.
Some legends suggest the purifying effect of water is related to baptism, which people used to hold in the spring centuries ago.
Although the Christian religion is widespread throughout the world, Easter watering was mostly confined to Central Europe.
Easter is the greatest holiday of the entire year in the Roman Catholic Church as it commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, as recounted in the Bible.
Holloko, the village hosting the tradition of sprinkling women with water has been a World Heritage Site since 1987.
The village built in the 17th -18th century, was the first in the world to receive this status due to the unique preservation of the traditional settlement form, traditional architecture and village life.
AP video by Bela Szandelszky
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