Millions in Hungary watch TET on television
(VOV) - Television screens across Hungary have been alit with an array of images and special galas celebrating the Vietnamese Lunar New Year (TET) festival, which started on February 19.
On the first day of the day of the new year, Hungary’s TV2, a commercial television station broadcast throughout the nation, started its morning breakfast programming entitled Mokka, Mochas, introducing Vietnam’s traditional holiday customs.
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On another feature, the Chair for the Hungary - Vietnam relations, and her two daughters Thuroczy Karolina My Lan and Thuroczy Viktoria Ly Anh provided their interpretation of the meaning of Vietnamese traditional Tet customs.
Though My Lan and Ly Anh were born in Hungary, they said they take every opportunity to visit the homeland and they shared many little known facets about the festivities from their personal perspective.
They said that the spring festival is an occasion for family gatherings and fun adding that they love Vietnamese food and enjoy cozy atmosphere during Tet. They shared their deep feelings about Tet, saying that Banh Chung (square cake made of sticky rice, green bean and fat pork) are an indispensible part of the year's biggest festival.
Other shows introduced Hungarian audiences to specialties and a number of traditional Tet customs such as lucky money, calligraphy and parallels.