One of the most popular and spectacular winter events, the Busó festival has begun in Mohács, S Hungary near the Serbian border. Going back to medieval roots, the march of people in frightening costumes is supposed to scare away winter.
In the end-of-winter festival (that Hungarians refer to as 'busójárás'), frightening-looking costumed people wearing wooden masks and big woolly cloaks march through the town after arriving in boats on the river Danube.
The Busó was included in UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2009. The festivity was described as a general emblem of the city and a commemoration of the great events of its history.
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