Culture Briefing: Hungary

Your guide to Hungarian culture and customs

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Culture Briefing Hungary gives you current, in-depth information to help you understand the culture, customs, values and beliefs of the Hungarian people.

Whether traveling to Hungary, working on a class paper or doing business with the Hungarians, you'll find Culture Briefing: Hungary an invaluable resource.

If you're traveling to the country, supplement your travel guide with Culture Briefing: Hungary. It will let you enrich your trip, gaining more knowledge, enjoyment and insight — and more financial success when traveling on business.

You'll also receive the information you need to help you feel comfortable in what might otherwise be a strange environment. You’ll gain the wisdom necessary to talk intelligently with the Hungarians, discussing the life they live, deciphering and interpreting how they think and behave.

No longer will you run the risk of embarrassment when in conversation with a Hungarian because you brought up a taboo subject, couldn’t comment on an aspect of local life or knew nothing of the Hungarian form of government.

Culture Briefing: Hungary helps you figure out the Hungarians by penetrating below their society’s surface to reveal the customs and established ways of life in Hungary.

With Culture Briefing: Hungary you’ll discover the character, values, beliefs and customs of the Hungarians. You’ll learn of their artistic endeavors and political ways. You’ll find out about their home, family and religious life as well as how they make a living, educate their children and spend their leisure time. Plus, you'll get insight into doing business with the Hungarians.

You’ll also discover the problems the Hungarian people face and see how they handle them.


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In today’s increasingly smaller world, understanding the ways of the earth’s other peoples is an essential skill. And Culture Briefing: Hungary can aid you in gaining that expertise.


Get insight into the Hungarian way of life

With Culture Briefing: Hungary you'll learn:

  • why many Hungarians today feel a sense of frustration

  • guidelines to follow when visiting a Hungarian's home

  • what topics of conversation to avoid when talking with a Hungarian

  • what traits you should display to smooth your interactions with Hungarians

  • why a Hungarian proverb says: "Only Hungarians and God Almight speak Hungarian"

  • why most Hungarians speak a second language

  • what celebratory day is more important to individuals than their birthday

  • how women fare in today's Hungarian workforce

  • the correct order for Hungarian given and surnames

  • what's behind the "Melancholy Magyar" theory of the Hungarian personality

  • how Hungarian goulash made by Hungarians generally differs from that made outside the country

  • the Hungarian feeling towards restaurant dining

  • what some Hungarians do to make ends meet

  • which Hungarian author won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2002

  • and much, much more.


Contents of Culture Briefing: Hungary


INTRODUCTION
Fast Facts

HISTORY

THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE
Customs and Ways
Do's and Don'ts
Conducting Business
Subcultures
Class Distinctions
Language

HOME AND FAMILY
Marriage
The Role of Women
Names
Health and Welfare
Dress
Food and Dining


EDUCATING THE CHILDREN

RELIGIOUS PRACTICES

MAKING A LIVING

PASSING LEISURE TIME
Festivals
Sports

THE ARTS
Literature
Music

POLITICAL WAYS
Parties

USEFUL CONTACTS


Who will benefit from Culture Briefing: Hungary


Culture Briefing: Hungary
is an essential tool for:
  • Travelers, whether on a tour or traveling independently, who are curious about the ways of life of the people they will meet in Hungary.

  • Business travelers seeking success in their business travel through knowledge of the character, values, beliefs and business ways of their contacts in Hungary.

  • Researchers needing current information on the customs, ways of life and lifestyle of the Hungarians.

  • Teachers requiring up-to-date data on Hungarian culture.

  • Students wanting to learn about the character, customs, values, lifestyle and beliefs of the Hungarians.

  • Study-abroad students desiring in-depth information on the customs and ways of life where they will live and study.

  • Military personnel requiring knowledge of the people's customs and lifestyle for an assignment in Hungary.

  • Travel agents needing insight into the issues, culture and customs in the country to which they are sending travelers.

  • Anyone striving to understand Hungarian culture.


Frequent updates assure current information


Research is ongoing and Culture Briefing: Hungary is frequently updated, assuring you it contains current information.



Special features improve usefulness

Culture Briefing: Hungary contains special features that increase its usefulness:

  • A complete table of contents lets you find information quickly.

  • A “Do's and Don’ts” list helps keep you on the right foot.

  • A “Fast Facts” box provides quick reference to the names of Hungary's current heads of state and government as well as quality-of-life statistics

  • Two maps show: 1) Hungary's position in Europe, 2) Hungary's major features, areas, rivers and cities.

Experts prepare your Culture Briefing

Culture Briefing: Hungary
offers solid, authoritative information. It is produced by a team that brings together backgrounds in cultural geography and cultural anthropology as well as extensive experience living for extended periods in a variety of foreign cultures and writing about travel, geography and culture for both the popular press and college-level textbooks.


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