Hungarians bury a double bass to repent for their sins against the instrument


Now this is a great piece of bass trivia!  Patty from oboeinsight recently posted this fascinating information on her blog:

 (via My Wedding Favors Blog)

Every year for the past 100 years, Hungarians in the city of Roma would bury a double bass to signal the end of the wedding season and also would confess their sins that were committed against the instrument. Then they followed up with an all night party. A strange custom to be sure, but a custom nonetheless. Well 2008 saw that custom nixed from Hungary’s event calender. The bureaucrats in Hungary basically forgot to put it on the list of festivals that has been held every year on the first Thursday of every February.

It sounds like the removal of this festival from the 2008 calendar of events was an oversight, so I wonder if it will be back in 2009?  If so, I’d sure love to get some video of this event.

March 28, 2008 · Filed Under bass, bass humor

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One Response to “Hungarians bury a double bass to repent for their sins against the instrument”

  1. patty on March 28th, 2008 9:57 am

    I do wonder if it’s true, though. Michael Kaulkin found one error in the article … there is no city of Roma! So maybe the whole thing is a hoax? (You can read what he says at my blog entry.)

    A creative one, eh? ;-)

    I looked it up at Snopes and found nothing.

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