Busójárás Mohácson – 2010. február 13.

A busójárás mohácsi népszokás. Farsangkor a busók a hagyományoknak megfelelően öltöznek fel. A legnagyobb mulatság farsangvasárnap van. A műsor egyik fő eleme a partraszállás, melynek során a túlparti „Szigetből” jönnek át Mohácsra a busók.

A busójárás eredetére két magyarázat is létezik: a törökűzés és a télűzés.

A törökűzés mondája szerint a törökök által sanyargatott Mohács lakói, a sokácok, a Mohács-szigetre menekültek. Egyik este a nekikeseredett bujdoklók előtt, a tábortűznél, megjelent egy öreg sokác ember. „Ne féljetek, sorsotok hamarosan jobbra fordul”, mondta, majd eltűnt. Hamarosan egy délceg, álarcos vitéz lépett a menekültek közé. Utasítására azok álarcokat, maszkokat öltöttek, és az éj valamint a vihar leple alatt áteveztek a folyón, és fafegyverekkel, kereplőkkel nagy zajt csapva hoztak rettenetet a törökre, így űzték ki őket a városból.

http://www.mohacsibusojaras.hu/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus%C3%B3j%C3%A1r%C3%A1s

Busó-walking in Mohács – 13 February 2010

The Busójárás is an annual celebration of the ©okci (Croats) living in the town of Mohács, Hungary, held at the end of the Carnival season ("Farsang"), ending the day before Ash Wednesday. The celebration features Busós (people wearing traditional masks) and includes folk music, masquerading, parades and dancing.

Locals explain the Carnival with two similar but different legends. According to the more popular legend, during the Turkish occupation of the territory the people of Mohács fled the town, and lived in the nearby swamps and woods to avoid Ottoman (Turkish) troops. One night, while they were sitting and talking around the fire, an old ©okci man appeared suddenly from nowhere, and said to them, "Don't be afraid: your lives will soon turn to good, and you'll return to your homes. Against that time, prepare for the battle, carve various weapons and scary masks for yourselves, and wait for a stormy night when a masked knight will come to you." He disappeared as suddenly as he had come. The refugees followed his orders, and some days later, on a stormy night, the knight arrived. He ordered them to put on their masks and go back to Mohács, making as much noise as possible. They followed his lead. The Turks were so frightened by the noise, the masks, and the storm in the night, that they thought demons were attacking them; and they ran away from the town before sunrise.
In the older, less popular story, the busós are scaring away not the Turks but Winter itself.