Táborfalva, Hungary Táborfalva is a small village in the centre of Hungary, about 50 km south from Budapest, with a population about 3500. The village is relatively young, and got its name in 1949, although there are information of habitation from 1800s. The village is only 13 km from the actual centre of Hungary, Pusztavacs. Although, it’s a small village the people hold together and when you meet someone on the street people great each other, no matter you know them or not, which to me feels home.
Eva Dibak Site Administrator
There are some festivals during the year, such as the “szüreti bál” (harvest ball) when the villagers dress up in traditional clothes and go around the village with carriages and on horseback while people great them and offer them some snack and of course “palinka” which is a strong Hungarian drink. There’s also a band who plays live music and people dance on the street. After this they go to the village’s cultural centre and the ball carries on to the night. At the end of spring there is the village fair were there is are different shows, many rides for kids and a cooking competition where different traditional Hungarian foods are cooked to enjoy a day out together. One of my favourite things in Táborfalva is an old building, of which, unfortunately, there are only ruins left as no one is living there any longer. The Vogt Kúria (mansion) was built in 1903, before the village was established, and it had a large vineyard of over 400,000m². In 1945 the building and the wine yard fell into the hands of the state where it was used by the “producer cooperation”. After the use and wear the building began rapidly decay. The wine cellar is still in a relatively good condition. As far as I know the owner of the building lives in America.
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