Mándoki László: Busójárás Mohácson. (A Janus Pannonius Múzeum Füzetei 4. Pécs, 1963)

Busó-procession at Mohács Mándoki, L. The publication describes a carnival masquerade of a South Slav . ethnic group, the Shokatz of Mohács (County Baranya, Hungary). Thereis no term in the South Slav language for this custom: the word pokladameans the end of carnival and does not signify the custom itself which, according to local tradition, commemorates the expulsion of the Turks who were driven out from Mohács by the Shokatz in ,,Busó"-disguise. The custom is known nowadays under the ethnographical term „Busó"procession". The author presents the hitherto most complete version of the legend concerning the origin of the custom; it is pointed out thereafter that the tradition has no historical foundation because there were no South Slavs at Mohács at the time thes Turks were driven out (1687) ; this is followed by a survey of the theories regarding the origin of Busóprocession. Ernyey declares all essential elements of the custom to be of German origin, and points to the influence of the German ihabitants of the county Baranya. He affirms that even those details which have Slav analogues were borrowed from the Germans, and that the custom itself belongs to the category of winter solstice feasts and can, therefore, be traced back to the Antiquity. Unyi, who refers to a single work only but seems to base his findings on several sources, writes that the custom of Busó-procession is akin to a masked game played by the Macedonian-Bulgarian Kutyers during Lent. Csalog regards the custom under review as belonging to the category of summer solstice feasts, and suggests that it was brought to Mohács by the Shokatz from their last Balkan residence and has since been