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Programmes and festivals

Emmaus-walking in Bóly, 22nd April, 2019 from freshly ground fl our, and it was brought to the people

Emmaus-walking has been a folk tradition of the German who worked in the fi elds. The Scone Festival of Nagypall is
nationals living in the village Bóly on Easter Monday for organized to commemorate this event.

nearly 100 years. After the holy mass on Calvary Hill, the
press houses of the cellar village of Bóly are fi lled with peo- Rooster Festival in Mozsgó, 6th to 7th July, 2019
ple. Families and groups of friends respond to invitations, Th e rooster-sitt ing is an ancient folk tradition in Mozsgó. It

with many people going to several places whilst visiting used to be a Spring Day’s game. The boys of the village came
each other. together and bought the most beautiful rooster in the vil-
lage. They cleaned the area on Easter Monday, dug the pit,

Pilgrimage in Máriagyűd, 11th May, 2019 and the edge of the circle was drawn. In the aft ernoon, the
The diocesan walking pilgrimage from Pécs has been at- young and old of the village were crowding at the scene of

tended by – up to two thousand people every year since the rooster sitting. Nowadays, the live rooster is substituted
2009. In addition to the pedestrians, pilgrims arriving by by a ceramic rooster.
bicycle or other means of transport also participate in the
Hungarian, German, and Croatian holy masses in the aft er- Blue Paint Festival of Nagynyárád, 27th July, 2019
noon. Nagynyárád has become known nationwide and world-
wide thanks to János Sárdi, the blue-painting master, and
Fishing on Orfű, 19th to 22nd June, 2019 dozens of visitors have been visiting the blue-paint shop for

Fishing on Orfű is a pop music festival in the Panorama decades. The National Blue Paint Festival has been held in
campsite near Lake Orfű, and was fi rst organized in 2008. the village since 1999.
The name of the festival originates from the band Kiscsil-

lag (Small Star) from Pécs, as a song with the same title ap- Siklós Castle Festival, 9th to 11th August, 2019
peared on one their discs. The Siklós Castle Festival is the most outstanding event of

Siklós Castle. On these days, the middle ages, knights’ tour-
Scone Festival of Nagypall, 7th July, 2019 naments, spectacular processions, duels, troubadours and
At Peter and Paul’s day, the women baked harvesters’ scones batt le scenes all come to life among the walls of the castle.

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