Ördögkatlan Fesztivál (Devil's Cauldron)

The basic concept and aims of the festival are constant since the first Ördögkatlan, 2008:

• to display the prosperity of Hungarian culture;
• to show the diversity of culture from all over the world;
• to bring to life a cultic community space spanning politics, language, and borders for five days in the tiny villages of Baranya;
• to help the given settlements rise economically, mentally and culturally;
• to uplift the region by an unavoidable artistic event to be a hotspot of cultural tourism

„When we dream alone, it is only a dream but when many people dream together, it is the beginning of a new reality.” (Friedensreich Hundertwasser)

Four little villages, Beremend, Villánykövesd, Nagyharsány and Kisharsány provide the base locations for the festival.

We think the most important priority is the synergy between the villages and Ördögkatlan, the creation of the five-day-long celebration to prove to all parties involved: we are capable of carrying out grand projects of great significance, and showing human qualities. We know that compared to the Sziget festival, a Europe-wide famous enterprise attracting hundreds of thousands of people each year (with 85% of its visitors being foreign), a celebration like ours might seem insignificant, maybe even ridiculous. By all means, oldfashioned and outdated. We don't deny that. We don't deny that basket-works are outdated, "not normal" by nature, whereas we believe that this is worthy of men, yes, it's appropriate, it's just right on a human-size scale. It's one of the things Mari Törőcsik says when she does something out of love instead of cold calculation: "I must be insane!"