After last week's remembrance day, 1st November is once again a holiday in Hungary.
Hungary is a historically catholic country, so here Christian holidays such as Eastern, Christmas are celebrated too. In the middle of autumn seasons, there are more than one note-worthy days.
31st October known as Halloween in western countries isn't a declared holiday but as parties and dressing up in customs had become popular here over the years too but not as much as in the U.S. or in western European countries. A few pumpkins are witch motives can be seen in stores here and there but trick or treating isn't a thing either. Instead, kids are more excited about autumn break that's always sometime around 1st November.
1st November is All Saints's Day, called Mindenszentek in Hungarian (minden = all, szentek = saints in plural) is a day to honour the saints while the following day, 2nd November is All Souls' Day, called Halottak napja in Hungarian (halottak = dead in plural, nap = day, literally Day of the Dead) is a day to remember the souls of those who died. Christian Hungarians usually go to church on 1st November and visit the cemeteries on 2nd November.
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