{"id":2559,"date":"2020-02-21T11:16:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T10:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/?p=2559"},"modified":"2020-02-21T11:16:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T10:16:38","slug":"winter-goodbye-carnival-in-paprika-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/winter-goodbye-carnival-in-paprika-red\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter goodbye: Carnival in paprika-red"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re in the middle of the carnival season, which in western Christian calendar is marked with parading, dancing, eating and merry-making. Colourful costumes, masquerades and masks, people engaging in earthly pleasures like eating and drinking, partying and dating are all hallmarks of the season. This time is intense with colours and images. The colour red, or preferably, paprika-red best expresses the essence of this saturnalia. This is our winter goodbye.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paprika-red as a carnival philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The colour red for most of us is associated with entertainment and love. For the same reason church leaders for centuries tried to ban carnivals and even called them the Devil\u2019s feast. The Church saw the scary and devilish masks as manifestation of the devil\u2019s temptation.<\/p>\n<p>The most famous carnival celebration in Hungary &#8211; the legendary Bus\u00f3-walking in Moh\u00e1cs \u2013 is well-known for the demonic masks the paraders wear. <a href=\"https:\/\/theculturetrip.com\/europe\/hungary\/articles\/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-busojaras-hungarys-biggest-carnival-festival\/\">Read more here. <\/a>The masks were originally painted with red animal blood.<\/p>\n<p>It is interesting that the colour red can conjure up negative and positive connotations at the same time. It can refer to drama, war and blood. In Hungarian language a person whose \u201cface turns paprika-red\u201d is angry and short-tempered. To make things more complicated, \u201cpaprika-red\u201d may not be nice on a face, but when used for other things, it means a nice shade of red. On a more positive note, red can also refer to fire, warmth, love and passion. In Hungarian we have two different words for these polar opposites: the dramatic, negative connotation derives from the word blood: <em>v\u00e9r &#8211; v\u00f6r\u00f6s<\/em>. The positive or neutral red is <em>piros<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally the carnival season is the time to find a partner for life and making engagements.&nbsp; There\u2019s even one special day designated exclusively for lovers: that\u2019s Valentine&#8217;s Day on 14 February. Although many considers this day a modern celebration, it isn\u2019t. Valentine\u2019s Day (B\u00e1lint-nap) was a day for making love prophecies in the Hungarian folk calendar. The Anglo-Saxon Valentine&#8217;s Day originates in the tradition of a Roman bishop named Valentine in the 3rd century secretly marrying soldiers that were not allowed to be married to their beloved ones. The flower gift custom comes from this tradition.<\/p>\n<h2>Carnivalous Paprika variations in the Paprika Museum<\/h2>\n<p>The Paprika Museum likes to connect paprika to carnival celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>You may make a bouquet of flowers with chili pods, which will add spiciness and drama to passion. Try and add paprika to colour food jelly and play with it like we did in the photo. You may mix paprika powder in oil and use it as paint for your mask. The devil-horn shaped paprika pods can inspire people to play: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/carnival-the-devil-wears-paprika\/\">see this boy!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, let\u2019s not forget about the most emblematic food we eat in the carnival season: the guzzler soup, the carnival ham croissant, the ribbon doughnut or the cs\u0151rege, the southern Hungarian churros: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/csorege-the-southern-hungarian-churros\/\">see the two recipes here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We wish you happy preparations making a real and unforgettable carnival celebration!<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2562 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Paprikapiros-farsang-koll\u00e1zs-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Paprikapiros-farsang-koll\u00e1zs-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Paprikapiros-farsang-koll\u00e1zs-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Paprikapiros-farsang-koll\u00e1zs-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Paprikapiros-farsang-koll\u00e1zs-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Paprikapiros-farsang-koll\u00e1zs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re in the middle of the carnival season, which in western Christian calendar is marked with parading, dancing, eating and merry-making. Colourful costumes, masquerades and masks, people engaging in earthly pleasures like eating and drinking, partying and dating are all hallmarks of the season. This time is intense with colours and images. 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