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

the development of the custom down to our own days. The procession and all its features are nowadays officially organized and under official surveillance, and have been so since a number of decades. Bonuses paid for new masks have promoted the creation of new types and individual pieces, and the cinematographic recording of the procession gives a fresh impetus to the genesis of novel features. It is emphasized that this development is not desirable, and that the tendency towards a development of the custom in the spirit of the historically false Turkish legend and towards a histrionic and scenic representation of the popular tradition is to be deplored. By way of conclusion, it is expounded that an official management and modelling of the custom cannot but lead to its distortion, and that a custom rooted in the old manner of life must unavoidably perish in our modern world, in the atmosphere of our days and among the steadily increasing new ideas and notions. A brief survey of the literature concerning the ,,Busó"-procession. Csalog, J. 1949 Busójárás (poklada), a mohácsi sokácok tavasa-ünnepe. (Busó-procession [poklada], the spring festival of the Shokatz at Mohács) - - Pécs. (A Dunántúli Tudományos Intézet Kiadványai 11.) With a Croatian synopsis. Ernyey, J. 1907 A busójárás és más farsangi játékok. (Busó-procession and other carnival games) Néprajzi Értesítő VIII, pp. 140-167. German version published as „Buso-Aufzügc und andere Faschirigsspiele" - - Anzeiger der Etnographischcn Abteilung des Ungarischen Nationalmuseums VI (1914), pp. 137-167. Földes, L. 1958 A Néprajzi Múzeum busómaszkjai. (The Busó-masks of the Etnographicai Museum) Néprajzi Értesítő XL, pp. 209-230. With a German synopsis.