HUNGARY

THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY

• Flag colors are red, white and green
• Official language is Hungarian
• Currency is Forint

LOCATION

• Central Europe
• Area of 36000 square miles
• Capital is Budapest
• Climate is temperate

NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES

• Romania, Slovenia
• Ukraine, Croatia
• Serbia
• Austria
• Slovak

HUNGARIAN FOOD

• Goulash- soup
• Husleves - chicken soup
• Toltott Tojas - deviled eggs
• Makos Guba - dessert
• Kurto skalacs - dessert

TRADITIONAL CLOTHING

• Many patterns
• Bright colors
• Girls wear dresses
• Men usual wear vests and hats
• Floral prints and the color black

HUNGARIAN FOLK MUSIC

• Traditional clothing
• Dancing
• Fast paced

THE MAIN INSTRUMENTS

• Bass
• Violin/fiddle
• Vocal

HUNGARIAN INSTRUMENTS

• Cimbalom- string instrument, plucked or struck
• Cobza- multi stringed, lute family
• Davul- double headed drum
• Duda- the Hungarian bagpipe
• Hurdygurdy- string instrument, key board, wheel

MUSIC