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The Festival of Unusual Crafts takes place in Debrecen on September 5th. Folk craftsmen from Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Szabolcs-Szatmár Bereg counties will be waiting for those interested with craft demonstrations, an unloading fair, and playhouse programs. On this day, the renewed Tanner’s House will open, and in Dósa Nádor Square, folk music and folk dance productions will take throughout the day alongside the all-day fair.

Tanner’s House – The House of Craftsmen

The Tanner’s House – the House of Craftsmen is one of the treasures of Debrecen, it is a representative example of the historical heritage of the city of Debrecen, and by renovating the building, the city seeks to preserve this heritage for the present and for posterity. Dr. István Puskás, Deputy Mayor of the City of Debrecen, said at the announcement of the Crafts Festival that he was pleased to have the presence of craftsmen and to raise awareness of their work with this event in Debrecen. The restoration of the House of Craftsmen’s and the ceremonial handover, taking place on the folk art day is a great opportunity, to reach many more people.  He drew attention to the fact that although the event takes place outdoors, participants should take special care at the event, taking into account the epidemiological situation.

Zsolt Jantyik, director of the Debrecen Cultural Center, explained that the project benefited from being a part of a larger 120,000,000 infrastructural investment implemented with the support of HUF 1 million, new spaces – spectacle workshops, handicraft street – were created. The technical conditions have become more up-to-date, offering opportunities that, by expanding existing activities, provide a wider range of talent management, community training, informal and non-formal learning opportunities for interested professionals, and others who do not know or are only interested in certain craft techniques. 

We learned that with the reopening of the Tanner’s House, the most important goal of the institution was to create a regional handicraft craft house. Which also collects and organizes the elements of one of the most unique varieties of folk handicrafts in Debrecen, collecting the elements of an internationally renowned tannery. It also aims to introduce the craft traditions of the city and the region, with children and young people and adults living here. Ensuring the above goal by organizing exhibitions, professional meetings related to crafts, playhouses, camps, demonstrations, accredited training, courses, professional circles, as well as programs related to the traditional days and celebrations of the year. 

Their further goal is to present and promote the works of artists living in Debrecen and the county and in the region, who deal with traditional handicraft activities, to take care of and modernize the permanent exhibition of tanneries in the Tanner’s House, to collect local tannery documents, and to expand and continuously operate organizing demonstrations, helping master craftsmen.

“Tradition is old, style is new.” – said Andrea Bíborka, Mátrai-Nagy, head of the professional department of the Debrecen Cultural Center, head of the unit of the Tanner’s House of Craftsmen. He emphasized that the work, which is dedicated to the preservation of folk art traditions, takes place on the site of the only industrial historical monument of Debrecen preserved in its original place. He also said that the staff of the Tannery want not only to preserve but also to renew these traditions in an innovative way. The tender was a great help in this, as it made it a methodological centerit is also becoming an institution, with a special emphasis on education, in which they can receive people hungry for folk art from childhood, either at the basic level or at a higher level. 

During the program on September 5th, those interested will have the opportunity to gain insight into the very wide-ranging work taking place in the Tanner’s House in the spirit of preserving folk art traditions.

The renovated Tanner House – day, House of Artisans apply the theme of “You Should go to Debrecen” Celebration of Crafts in North Plains held in the Debrecen Cultural Center, in association with the Bihar Folk Art Association, and the Civis Traditional Folk Arts Association, with the support of Folk Art Associations.

According to István Kolozsvári, the president of the Bihar Folk Art Association from 9:00 am on the 5th September handicraft programs of the Feast of Crafts will take place, with a handicraft fair, spectacle workshops, craft demonstrations, and creative folk playhouses.

The event will take place in two locations throughout Debrecen, Dósa Nádor Square and the renovated and remodeled Tanner’s House – Craftsmen’s House, with the ceremonial handover of which is also part of the program. The participants will be greeted by Dr. István Puskás, Deputy Mayor of Debrecen.

CELEBRATION OF CRAFTS

Date: September 5, 2020
Location: DMK Tanner House – House of Craftsmen
(4024 Debrecen, Nagy Gál István u. 6.)

PROGRAM:

9 am – 1 pm: Dr. István Puskás, Deputy Mayor of Debrecen County, greets the participants

Treasures of our region – exhibition opening. The exhibition will be opened by István Kolozsvári, Vice-President of the Association of Folk Art Associations. The Hajdú Dance Ensemble is participating.

Craft demonstrations – with the participation of craftsmen taking possession of the new workshops of the Tanner’s House and the Cívis Association for the Preservation of Traditional Folk Art

Kurta yurt tales – in the yurt of the Tanner’s House, with the participation of Bodorka NépmesePont in Berettyóújfalu and NépmesePont in Debrecen (dates: 10.00; 10.30; 11.00)

Create for yourself! – creative activities for young and older

For the rest of the afternoon, those interested can meet the craftsmen of the Tanner House at a regional program organized in Dósa Nádor Square.

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Open throughout Autumn, the countryside’s only theme park holds many adventures in the fall and is open every weekday except Mondays throughout September. Now with a free light rail ride for those with a theme park ticket, available up until the season closes on October 31st.

In addition, the general public will be able to take advantage of the limitless experiences of the highly successful Armband Weekend once again this weekend, September 5th and 6th. As part of the promotion, guests with armband tickets will be able to use all of the institution’s slot machines unlimited throughout the day, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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It seems likely that the “My Mom Said” team from Ensi will conquer Debrecen after Miskolc. Recently, an Instagram post appeared on the site of one of the owners, from which it can be concluded that a restaurant will be opening in Debrecen, which will also bear the name Pizza, Coffee, and World Peace.

The exact details of the new restaurant are not yet public, but the comments reveal that the opening is planned for late fall.

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Every year comes the night when the animals play the lead role. The country’s first zoo outside the capital and the adjacent 60-year-old amusement park awaits the public with a unique program on Friday, August 28, from 7 pm to 11 pm, with a unique program cavalcade to guide Africa to Europe’s diverse wildlife and culture. an institution rich in the species of the continent.

True to the tradition of recent years, visitors to this year’s Zoo Night will also be the first to admire the institution’s latest attractions. On Friday, perch from Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi will be fed to Snapi, the Nile crocodile pool at Palm House.

This magical evening provides a rare opportunity to take a look at the hitherto unknown, evening life of the inhabitants of the garden, which will receive even brighter mood lighting this year. For the first time revealed the secrets behind the Palm House scenes, but the visitors show feeding and special tours during get acquainted with a number of other locations in the most extraordinary animals and meet the zoo’s recently born, raised hand the stars, including Zaharával, the two-month zsiráflánnyal – who will be produced ice statues in the evening – and Evettke, this year’s pupil of the penguin nursery; in addition, they can also learn how to brush the teeth of a hippopotamus.

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The most daring visitors will also have an all-evening Trial of Courage at the Palm House, where they will have the opportunity to get to know and love the animals up close. Those interested in the Hungarian wildlife can hear interesting facts about the flora and fauna of the Great Forest on an hourly guided tour, as well as meet one of the iconic hunters of Hungarian nights, the owl.

Unforgettable experiences will be provided by many performers. The Serengeti Troupé will give a concert of African folk music, with whose instruments we can get to know each other in more detail, but we will be able to admire many productions from belly dancing to fire juggling. With the participation of the Hungarian African Society, an African board game demonstration and handicraft workshop awaits visitors, who, by participating in these programs, support the dissemination work of the Society among disadvantaged groups.

As a special service, there will also be an Amusement Park, and guests switching to the Magic Armor will have unlimited access to all 23 rides throughout the evening, including the revamped Apollo-X with professional lighting and sound technology, and Döbrög Castle. In the vicinity of the Ferris Wheel, which floats in colorful light, it will be possible to study the starry sky with the help of the staff of the Hungarian Astronomical Society.

In order to ensure a safe experience, the institution will receive a maximum of 3,000 guests at a time and will introduce separate limits for the animal houses during the event.

Admission to all program elements is free with admission to the event. Admission is available at a uniform price of HUF 2,500 per person, and the Magic Arm band, which also provides unlimited use of amusement park gaming machines, is available at a price of HUF 3,300 per person. Tickets can be purchased in advance online ( http://bit.ly/AEJ2020 ) or at the box office or on-site until 23:00.

The biggest Hungarian bicycle race of the year is the Tour de Hongrie, which will take place for the 41st time in 2020. The Tour de Hongrie starts at the Basilica in Esztergom and ends at Kékestető.

The 41st Tour de Hongrie will take place from August 29th to September 2nd, 2020, with 120 competitors from 20 teams scheduled to compete in the UCI 2.1 category. The goal of the organizers is to meet one of the important criteria for entering the Pro Series: for this, at least fourteen World Tour and/or Pro Team bands must participate in this year’s Hungarian Circuit. Based on the preliminary negotiations, in addition to five World Tour teams, ten Pro Teams are also expected to come to the most prestigious Hungarian cycling competition.

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Coming to Debrecen’s Kossuth Square on Wednesday, August 26th, the 3 × 3 basketball tournament series begins. For the first time, an international tournament called the “Youth Festival” will be held here, for which the group schedule and the final schedule will be completed.

According to prior plans, the U18 World Championships would have been held in Debrecen in the last days of August, but due to the coronavirus, several countries could not take part. As the majority of the teams indicated their intention to start, the five-day tournament would not be missed, but the International Basketball Federation decided to change its name to reflect its new structure.

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On August 29, 2020, the Phoenix Folk Dance Ensemble, the Csapókerti Circle of Friends Association, and the Csapókerti Community House of the Debrecen Cultural Center will organize the XXI. Fire Dance Youth Dance Festival and the IV. Circling Festival. 

Among the traditional programs of the event is the ceremonial handover of the renovated Liget Square within the framework of the Széchenyi plan.

History

XXI. Fire Dance Youth Dance Festival: The festival was launched in 2000, close to St. John’s Day, with the participation of the county’s folk dance communities. The event has expanded internationally over the years, with nearly 50 folk dance groups of both Hungarian and other nationalities participating during the past 20 years.

ARC. Circling Festival: It was launched in November 2014 with the aim of giving women’s dances and groups the rank of a festival. The female dance groups of folk dance ensembles can compete in a competition. In the ring, the uniquely beautiful Hungarian women’s costumes and our priceless folk songs will be presented to the audience with dance.

Picnic in Liget Square

Every year, the Csapókerti Circle of Friends organizes a picnic in Liget Square on the Saturday closest to Earth Day. By cleaning the park, we make one of the largest public parks in Debrecen, Liget Square, more beautiful, and we bring the members of our different communities together. In addition, we promote the importance of sports and exercise to the residents of the Csapókert district within the framework of an all-day program.

The venue of the event: Debrecen, Liget tér
Date of the event:   August 29, 2020

Detailed program:

10.00                            
Opening of the event

10.30 – 12.30                 
Gábor Nagy “Cat” football memorial tournament

10.30 – 12.30                 
Learning to sing, gymnastics, planting, spectacular, cooking outdoors, let’s learn to embroider

11.00 – 12.30                 
I. Liget square EXATLON cup

12.30 – 15.00                 
Introducing the Health Protection Circle of the Resource Association, the Zsuzsi Forest Railway, the Csumókerti zumbások

15.00 – 15.20                 
Ceremonial handover of Liget tér, the opening of the festival
László Papp Mayor of Debrecen
László Tasó Member of Parliament
Edina Szilágyi Representative of the Municipality
Törökné Csécs Lenke President of the Association

15.20 – 18.00                 
Stage productions – accompanied by the Bakator Folk Music Ensemble, Bihor Citer Orchestra – Furta, Csapókerti Pávakör – Debrecen, Csapókerti Sútor Citerakör – Debrecen, Debrecen Folk Ensemble – Debrecen, Phoenix Folk Dance Ensemble – Debrecen Folk Dance Ensemble – Debrecen Debrecen, Kisliget Folk Dance Ensemble – Nyíradony

18.00                               
Festival closing, handing over commemorative cards

19.00 – 22.00                 
Dance house in the Csapókerti Community House with the Bakator Folk Music Ensemble

There will also be a folk fair and buffet during the day.

In the event of rain, the programs are held at the DMK Tap Garden Community House. 

Admission is free.

Today, on August 25th the Déri Museum is celebrating 25 years of Mihály Munkácsy’s “The Christ Trilogy” on display. 25 years ago, Mihály Munkácsy’s painting “Christ before Pilate” arrived in Debrecen for the first time, bringing the trilogy together after its restoration, taking its place next to “Golgotha” and “Ecce Homo!” in the Munkácsy Hall.

The Munkácsy exhibition opened its doors to visitors on May 25th,1930, 90 years ago in Debrecen when Frigyes Déri donated “Ecce Homo!”, the third painting of the trilogy, to the state. He only requested that it be exhibited in Debrecen.

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Visitors to the Déri Museum can see the latest archaeological treasure, finds of gold artifacts of the museum’s Archaeological collection.

One of the displayed treasures was found on the northern border of the village of Bojt where the route of the M4 motorway passed through. The gold treasure of 1768 pieces was hidden in a small, hand-shaped mug from the early Bronze Age and it was found on 1st December 2017 during the M4 motorway excavations.

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Flower floats are an indispensable part of the Debrecen Flower Carnival. While we can’t see the spectacular huge rolling compositions made using hundreds of thousands of dry and live flowers marching this year, but we can admire them up close for three days.

In the Year of National Togetherness, the flower floats are putting the focus on Hungarian researchers, scientists, inventors, artists, and historical figures who have created lasting things in their own fields of focus and therefore made the world a better place through their work and the wonders they have created, while at the same time they have contributed to the reputation of their homeland.

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The courtyard of the Old Town Hall will open its doors to visitors once again this year. From August 15th, music concerts await those interested, every night, which will be complemented by light painting in the inner courtyard from August 20th.

The Fairy Garden – Town Hall Music Evenings Program:

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Debrecen is preparing for the Flower Carnival with colorful programs this year. 

From 15th to 23rd August, colorful carnival programs await those interested throughout the city with flowers, dancing and music. There will be a flower cart exhibition, dancing flash mobs, music, light painting, a flower and craft exhibition, arts promenade, sightseeing walks, and much more. 

Browse the programs below not to miss a thing. 

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Night Ride II – Debrecen is only a few days away and the city will be covered in light as cyclists make their way through the city. The event was a great success last year and in 2019. This year,  the cycling parade is being organized for Flower Carnival week again.

The aim of the II. Night Ride Debrecen event is to activate the cycling community in Debrecen, to promote cycling as an alternative form of transport. It also aims to promote a healthy lifestyle, and sport activity, and raise awareness of Debrecen as a cycle-friendly city.

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