Budapest Halloween Festival: Pumpkinfest
Budapest Halloween Pumpkin Festival took place on Oct 31 on Heroes’ square (Hosok tere) – the orange pumpkin lanterns looked good at the bottom of the equestrian statues. Halloween (just like Valentine’s day) is not a native holiday in Hungary with pumpkins, zombies, witches, mummies etc. but it’s getting more and more popular mainly due to western (American) influence and pop culture.
Budapest PumpkinFest - Halloween in Hungary 2009
So the PumpkinFest was only a one hour festival from 8pm to 9pm in 2009, pumpkin lanterns were displayed, and the one with the most votes meant a kilo of chocolate for its maker. As there were quite a lot of people, it would be nice to have a bigger Halloween festival in Budapest.
Here are some user made videos of the pumpkin Halloween Fest in Budapest, Hungary focusing on the individual pumpkins on display