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Rural tourism is blooming in Békés County. A number of

qualified accommodations offer the guests not only accom- Rural
modation but also other programmes, as well. Anyone can

taste the meals baked in the oven, try out folk crafts that were

thought to be forgotten, and even take part in a traditional, tourism with
rural pig slaughter.
Entering the traditional Slovakian country houses in Bé- great
késcsaba, Szarvas, and Tótkomlós, the visitors are charmed
by the atmosphere of the place and the contemporary
furnishings, so they can easily imagine the everyday lives hospitality
of the peasants, originating from Upper Hungary, who
lived and worked hard in these houses.

The characteristic products of the county’s old and traditi-
onal folk handicraft are the potteries made by the pott ers in Where tradition is an

Tótkomlós, which are mainly bottles and typical cooking experience

pots in various forms and with different decorations and

writings. The various baking trays, pots, roast pans, pancake
pans, and tube pans are typically glazed in yellow, green, or
brown colours.

There is very rich weaving culture in the county; women of
all nationalities were weaving linen. All the plant fi bres used
for weaving could be found in our county, which was supple-
mented with crops, grain, and corn. We may say with some

exaggeration that the craftsmanship culture - using fi bres for
weaving - is a special treasure of the Great Plain. Békés town

with 22,000 inhabitants on the left bank of Kett ős-Körös
has rich handicraft traditions: gingerbread making, carpet

weaving, traditional coat embroidery, as well as watt le and
straw weaving, and basketry. In the nineteenth century, al-
most every second person in Békés could do wickerwork;
they were famous for it.

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