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The Theatre of Tolerance

November 10th, 2007 by robertnemeth

There is a small group, a theatre company in Budapest that undertook an interesting mission. They translated a puppet-show into lovari language, and since September the actors who are all children have been playing it like this. The story is a kind of Romeo and Julia story, but with mice, however, now the emphasis is on the acceptance of the “Otherness”.

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When football brings people together

August 24th, 2007 by robertnemeth

Singing people on the streets, everyone is happy? What happened in Budapest? Well, the Hungarian national football team has beaten Italy by 3:1, causing this year’s biggest sensation in football.

There are many analyses about how important sport and especially football is in forming and maintaining national identity. Wednesday night it was not important who voted for the left and who for the right, no one cared about it. The football team has won, nothing else really counted for many.

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Sziget festival

August 15th, 2007 by robertnemeth

Numerous concerts, huge crowd, alcohol - more than 370 thousand people thought that these are enough reasons to spend one week on an island - on the Sziget festival in Budapest, which is, as the name says, on one of the islands of the city.

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"Ruin-pubs" Will Never Die

June 12th, 2007 by robertnemeth

Have you ever drunk on the top of a store in the center of the city? You may have, but it is unlikely that it was a pub. Or have you been to a pub that was inside of a deserted apartment building? If yes, then you must have been to Budapest.

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