Farsang is the Hungarian name of the period from Epiphany to midnight on Shrove Tuesday until Lent, starting on Ash Wednesday (the 40th day before Easter).
It is traditionally characterized by cheerful entertainment and folk festivals. E. g. Kassai Kavalkád (in English: Cavalcade on the Kassai Street) at 6 pm on the 21st of February 2023 in Lovarda (26 Kassai Street) organized by the Student Union of the Faculty of Informatics and the Collegiate Cultural Committee of Campus Hotel.
There will be beer pong, which is the basis of house parties. If you love this game and think you can be better than everyone else or want to have fun, all you have to do is apply via this link. Two-person teams can register for the competition. The first three places will receive a prize.
Are you the best pool player in the group, or do you just like the game? You can also apply for the billiards competition via this link. The first three places will receive a prize here, and only the applications from the first 12 people will be accepted.
There will be a donut-eating competition. Fill out the application form by clicking here. Only 10 people can apply. The organizers provide the doughnuts! The first three places will receive a prize.
The last game is a costume competition, for which you will be able to register on the spot at the entrance. The first place will get prizes, and there will be a special prize winner.
The highlight of the farsang is the carnival, traditionally called the “tail of the farsang” in Hungary. These are the last three days from Carnival Sunday to Shrove Tuesday, which is also a farewell to winter amidst great fun. In many cities, the famous carnival (Rio carnival, Venice carnival) is held, and in Hungary, the most famous event of the farsang, the busójárás of Mohács.
In Hungary, the farsang was the period of choosing a spouse and a significant “wedding season” since it was forbidden to hold a wedding during the Easter fasting period. In the villages, young men organized the balls. Through the mediation of their relatives, the girls gave the selected young man a posy, who pinned it on his hat as a public display at the end of the farsang. The essence of the prom season and dance party was the engagement.
Shrove Tuesday is the last day of the farsang. A moving church holiday, it always precedes Easter by 47 days. It is the date of the farsang funeral. A straw man or a coffin was usually burned on this day, symbolically closing the farsang and winter.
Shrove Tuesday is followed by Ash Wednesday, which is the beginning of the 40-day Lent. According to today’s Hungarian practice, the day after this is Gluttonous Thursday, but this was mistakenly revived on this day because its real-time is a week earlier. Christians do not eat meat and end the festivities. They fast for 40 days until Easter Sunday.
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