Google Doodle celebrates Hungary State Foundation Day 2018
- Google has marked Hungary State Foundation Day with a new Google Doodle
- Hungary State Foundation Day, also typically known as St. Stephen’s Day, is often widely considered to be the most important national holiday in Hungary
- The roots of the national holiday go back many centuries to the Middle Ages
Google has celebrated Hungary State Foundation Day with a new Google Doodle on August 20, 2018.
Hungary State Foundation Day is an important national holiday in the country with roots that go all the way back to the Middle Ages.
Here’s everything you need to know about what Hungary State Foundation Day is and also what a Google Doodle is.
Google have celebrated Hungary State Foundation Day, also known as St. Stephen’s Day, with a Doodle
What is Hungary State Foundation Day?
Hungary State Foundation Day, also known as St. Stephen’s Day, commemorates the founding of Hungary and is often considered the country’s greatest national holiday.
St. Stephen served as the first King of Hungary for over 30 years until his death in 1038. He was later canonized on August 20, 1083 and the date has marked the day of his feast ever since.
The day is celebrated by raising the national flag and is also commemorated as the Festival of the New Bread, which can be smelled baking throughout many Hungarian cities and villages, with over 50 bakeries reportedly participating in Budapest alone.
Many celebrations are held throughout the nation on this day, punctuated by a spectacular fireworks display in the evening in Budapest along the banks of the Danube River.
What is a Google Doodle?
A Google Doodle is a temporary alteration of Google’s homepage logo marking a key event, individual, anniversary, accomplishment and the like.
The first Google Doodle was created back in 1998 by Google cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page to commemorate the Burning Man festival. They were later created by the company’s top PR officer Dennis Hwang and outside contractors before the establishment of a special in-house team called Doodlers was set up to produce them on a more consistent basis.
Nowadays, Google Doodles are typically used to mark holidays such as St. Patrick’s Day, Halloween and New Year’s Eve as well as to commemorate events like the Qixi Festival or individuals like Mary G. Ross and Ebenezer Cobb Morley.
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