We’re now publishing a new literary series under the title Pesti Paprika. We’ve done this before with our literary series on Szeged called Paprika is in the air. Back in 1958 the Hungarian Radio broadcast a three-part cabaret series under the name Pesti Paprika. The cabaret scenes are sassy, witty and funny. They tell stories…
January 18 is the name-day of Piroska in the Hungarian calendar and we use this occassion to write about Saint Piroska and the Paprika Bell. In our previous post we wrote about how Hungarian princess Saint Piroska became St Eiréné in Constantinapole. 900 years later, in 1921 the people of Szeged Lower Town – which…
January 18 is the name-day of Piroska in the Hungarian calendar. No longer a popular name today but a hundred years ago Piroska was a common name given to newborn girls. Who was Piroska? Saint Piroska plays an important role both in Hungarian history and Szeged local history. In 1921 the people of Szeged Lower…
The Paprika Museum item series have already portrayed a an old publication from the Millers news and one of the paprika tin boxes from the Szécsi family. We continue in January 2020 with a sculpture of the Paprika-stringing woman. The sculpture beautifully harmonizes folk art with industrial art and its unique history begins in Hollóháza…