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Tokaj
vineyard: the 2005 grapes were already sweetening and
beginning to show signs of aszú berries
forming as the grapes shrivel with the beneficial botrytizing rot. Click
on the link below the photo for a close-up showing the aszú
berries, which are essential to Tokaj's unique wine production |
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River
Tisza: Hungary's 2nd
major river after the Duna (Danube), the Tisza rises in the Ukraine. Here
by our camp, the river looks peaceful; but in recent years severe flood
disasters have wreaked havoc with the region's fragile economy, in spite
of flood control measures and levees |
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Calvinist
bell-tower at Gemzse: in the
16th century, Reformist chapels were obliged by Catholic regulation to
build free-standing bell-towers of wood; many of the Erdőhát
villages, such as Tákos and Csaroda, have beautiful examples of these
structures |
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Wooden
boat-shaped grave markers at Szatmárcseke:
a unique feature in this village cemetery are the kopjafa,
wooden grave markers shaped like upturned boats, thought to be derived
from ancient Finno-Ugric mythology, to transport souls to the other world
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