Poklade / Buso festivities from Mohacs, Hungary

The Bus���� festivities at Moh����cs in southern Hungary are a six-day carnival in late February to mark the end of winter. The Bus����s are dressed in scary-looking costumes (traditionally men) wearing wooden masks and big woolly cloaks. The festival is multifaceted, including a children's costume contest, a display of the art of mask carvers and other craftspeople, the arrival of more than 500 bus����s in rowboats on the Danube for a march through the city alongside horse-drawn or motorized fantasy vehicles, the burning of a coffin symbolizing winter on a bonfire in the central square, and feasts and music throughout the city. The tradition originated with the Croatian minority in Moh����cs, but today the bus���� is a general emblem of the city and a commemoration of the great events of its history. More than a social event, the carnival is an expression of belonging to a (Photo by NurPhoto/Corbis via Getty Images)
The Bus���� festivities at Moh����cs in southern Hungary are a six-day carnival in late February to mark the end of winter. The Bus����s are dressed in scary-looking costumes (traditionally men) wearing wooden masks and big woolly cloaks. The festival is multifaceted, including a children's costume contest, a display of the art of mask carvers and other craftspeople, the arrival of more than 500 bus����s in rowboats on the Danube for a march through the city alongside horse-drawn or motorized fantasy vehicles, the burning of a coffin symbolizing winter on a bonfire in the central square, and feasts and music throughout the city. The tradition originated with the Croatian minority in Moh����cs, but today the bus���� is a general emblem of the city and a commemoration of the great events of its history. More than a social event, the carnival is an expression of belonging to a (Photo by NurPhoto/Corbis via Getty Images)
Poklade / Buso festivities from Mohacs, Hungary
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