Date of issue: 9 February 2007

Today’s popular Hungarian custom of sprinkling young girls with perfume on Easter Monday has its roots in the rural tradition of dousing young women with a pail of water. The origin of this has a religious explanation referring in part to christening and in part to the legend according to which the soldiers guarding Jesus’ tomb tried to stop the women of Jerusalem spreading the news of the resurrection by dousing them with water. The tradition of children in towns sprinkling girls with scented water and reciting short verses in the hope of receiving a gift in return is more modern. (Source: www.mek.oszk.hu)

The stamp design shows a cheerful folk scene recalling the tradition of Easter dousing. The first day cover and the postmark are decorated by Easter motifs.

Order code:
2007021010031 (stamp)
2007021060032 (FDC)
Date of issue: 9 February 2007
Face value: HUF 62
Perforated size: 26 x 33 mm (in sheets of 100 stamps)
Printing method: offset
Printed by Állami Nyomda Nyrt.
Designed by Edit Szalma