Gingerbread Festival in Debrecen

The 9th Gingerbread Festival was started on Saturday in Debrecen. The event aims to nurture the tradition of gingerbread making that is dating back to several centuries – Komolay Szabolcs the city's deputy mayor told in his event opening speech on Saturday.

Komolay Szabolcs told that the history of Debrecen has created a lot of values during the past centuries, among them the craft traditions are decisive. The gingerbread-making is present in Debrecen since the 18th century and it is an important goal to show these traditions to the people – he added. (MTI)