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Easter watering 2012 Mezokovesd 13 images Created 9 Apr 2012

Locals from Mezokovesd, celebrate Easter with the traditional "watering of the girls", a Hungarian tribal fertility ritual rooted in the area's pre-Christian past.
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  • Boys throw water at girls as part of traditional Easter celebrations, during a media presentation in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012. ATTILA VOLGYI
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  • Boys throw water at girls as part of traditional Easter celebrations, during a media presentation in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012. ATTILA VOLGYI
    Easter watering Mezokovesd 120405373...jpg
  • Locals wait for visitors of the easter celebrations, during a media presentation in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012. ATTILA VOLGYI
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  • Boys throw water at girls as part of traditional Easter celebrations, during a media presentation in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012. ATTILA VOLGYI
    Easter watering Mezokovesd 120405374...jpg
  • Local woman holds painted eggs prepared for easter celebrations, during a media presentation in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012. ATTILA VOLGYI
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  • Local women offer cookies and painted eggs to guests as part of the traditional easter celebrations, during a media presentation in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012. ATTILA VOLGYI
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  • Local women offer cookies and painted eggs to guests as part of the traditional easter celebrations, during a media presentation in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012. ATTILA VOLGYI
    Easter watering Mezokovesd 120405376...jpg
  • Local women offer cookies and painted eggs to guests as part of the traditional easter celebrations, during a media presentation in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012. ATTILA VOLGYI
    Easter watering Mezokovesd 120405377...jpg
  • Locals dressed in traditional folk dresses dance in a courthouse as part of the Easter celebrations, during a media presentation in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012. ATTILA VOLGYI
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  • Locals dressed in traditional folk dresses dance in a courthouse as part of the Easter celebrations, during a media presentation in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012. ATTILA VOLGYI
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  • Locals dressed in traditional folk dresses dance in a courthouse as part of the Easter celebrations, during a media presentation in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012. ATTILA VOLGYI
    Easter watering Mezokovesd 120405385...jpg
  • Girls watch as a woman sews traditional Matyo embrodiery in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012. ATTILA VOLGYI
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  • Painted egg lies on a traditional Matyo embrodiery in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012. ATTILA VOLGYI
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