{"id":564,"date":"2018-04-05T10:22:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T08:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/?p=564"},"modified":"2019-12-30T17:20:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T16:20:46","slug":"rika-rika-paprika-paprika-hungarian-folklore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/rika-rika-paprika-paprika-hungarian-folklore\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201eRika, rika, paprika\u2026\u201d Paprika in Hungarian folklore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-560 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kalocsai_mintaval_festett_bicikli_1553898_1968-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\u201eRika, rika, paprika\u2026\u201d Paprika in Hungarian folklore\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kalocsai_mintaval_festett_bicikli_1553898_1968-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kalocsai_mintaval_festett_bicikli_1553898_1968-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kalocsai_mintaval_festett_bicikli_1553898_1968-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kalocsai_mintaval_festett_bicikli_1553898_1968-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kalocsai_mintaval_festett_bicikli_1553898_1968.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite its New World origins, paprika is an essential part of Hungarian culture and identity. A good example of its physical appearance on traditional objects is the famous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.romsicsszallas.hu\/a-kalocsai-nepmuveszet\">kalocsai embroidery<\/a>, which includes red paprika fruits among vividly colorful flowers on white cloth.<\/p>\n<p>Kalocsai embroidery is a relatively young invention. The first embroideries in the 19th century were all-white. Colored versions, black-and-blue and red-and-blue variations were a later addition. Embroidering became a popular hobby when printed embroidery designs and patterns were made available through the city press of Kalocsa. What is really striking is that kalocsai designs with and without paprika are becoming more and more popular today, suddenly they are everywhere, unlike other folk art, other regional embroidery and design varieties in Hungarian culture, which are less and less visible.<\/p>\n<p>As for folk songs, we have a few, little known gemsof a fading paprika past. I learnt this song from <em>Zs\u00f3fi Pajor<\/em>, a music student at <em>Istv\u00e1n T\u00f6m\u00f6rk\u00e9ny Grammar School <\/em>in Szeged. The song is sung by a mischievous husband to his wife, Marika. Marika has been working hard with paprika and the husband is ready to sell it all and blow it all away in one night unless his wife is kind to him again\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rika, rika, rika, rika, paprika. \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rika, rika, rika, rika, paprika.<\/p>\n<p>Haragszik a feles\u00e9gem: Mariska.<\/p>\n<p>Ha haragszik, eladom a paprik\u00e1t,<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e9g az \u00e9jjel elmulatom a z\u00e1r\u00e1t.<\/p>\n<p>Feles\u00e9gem, nem b\u00edrsz annyit keresni,<\/p>\n<p>Hogy \u00e9n aztat el ne tudjam mulatni.<\/p>\n<p>A piacon eladom a paprik\u00e1t,<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e9g az \u00e9jjel elmulatom az \u00e1r\u00e1t.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a verse told by the wedding ceremony leader when paprik\u00e1s is served at a wedding. Hungarian paprik\u00e1s is unpaired, it is flavorful and spicy, down it with no water but wine or beer. It is for meat lovers not for skinny people\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A magyar ember a paprika kedveli, \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Paprik\u00e1s behozatalakor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A magyar ember a paprika kedveli,<\/p>\n<p>Kiv\u00e1lt h\u00fassal f\u0151zve m\u00f3dfelett szereti.<\/p>\n<p>Ez azt\u00e1n az \u00e9tel, a magyarnak val\u00f3,<\/p>\n<p>Cing\u00e1r n\u00e9meteknek a tork\u00e1n akad\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nincs a paprik\u00e1snak a vil\u00e1gon p\u00e1rja,<\/p>\n<p>Re\u00e1 vizet inni min\u00e1lunk nem j\u00e1rja.<\/p>\n<p>Egy\u00e9tek, uraim, hogy ne vesszen k\u00e1rba,<\/p>\n<p>Ne hagyjatok, k\u00e9rlek, semmit se a t\u00e1lba!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite its New World origins, paprika is an essential part of Hungarian culture and identity. A good example of its physical appearance on traditional objects is the famous kalocsai embroidery, which includes red paprika fruits among vividly colorful flowers on white cloth. Kalocsai embroidery is a relatively young invention. 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