Le Quatorze Juillet, bien sur!
And the 20th August is a huge fireworks day in Budapest
And the 20th August is a huge fireworks day in Budapest
St. Stephen's Day in Hungary refers to 20 August, the day on which the relics of Stephen I of Hungary, patron saint of Hungary, were transferred to the city of Buda. This day is the ultimate public holiday in Hungary. Stephen, originally named Vajk, was the son of the pagan chieftain Géza but was baptized a Christian at the age of ten, and was given the Latin name "Stephanus" ("István" in Hungarian). In 997, a succession struggle between the Christian Stephen and his uncle, the pagan chieftain Koppány, ended in a victory for Stephen. As a result, the Magyar tribes were united into one nation and converted from paganism to Christianity; Pope Sylvester II presented him with a crown (which is the lower diadem of the Crown of St. Stephen, still a symbol of Hungary) as a token of gratitude. In 1083, Pope Gregory VII canonized Stephen, and he has since been referred to as Saint Stephen of Hungary.
During the period of Communist rule in Hungary, St. Stephen's Day was referred to as the anniversary of the Stalinist constitution of 1949 and "The celebration of the new bread — the end of the harvest".[citation needed]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen's_Day#Hungary