Ballagás (Graduation ceremony)

Hungarian elementary schools, high schools and sometimes kindergartens hold a "ballagás" (English: graduation ceremony) at the end of each school year. This is how they say goodbye to their graduating students. I've just finished my studies at an eighth-grade elementary school. The school band performed two songs in the schoolyard to wish us good luck. And some of my classmates said thank you in honour of our teachers. We were given a bag inside a small bag of salt, a small biscuit, a coin, and a quote on a small piece of paper. I and some of my classmates received a huge bouquet of flowers from our parents. Our class teacher gave us balloon and a scarf that looked like a tie.

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