INVITATION

THE FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE

UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED

cordially invites you to its

’SÁRGULÁSI’ LEAVING CEREMONY

on 23^rd May 2025

Program and locations:

09:30 – 10:00:

Handing over flowers to the final-year students in „Sófalvy” lecture hall

SZTE Faculty of Agriculture, 6800 Hódmezővásárhely, Andrássy street 15.

10:00:

LEAVING CEREMONY

SZTE Faculty of Agriculture, Hódmezővásárhely, Andrássy street 15.

11:30:

SOLEMN LEAVING CEREMONY

Bessenyei Ferenc Community Hall

Hódmezővásárhely, Dr. Rapcsák András road 7.

Speeches will be given by:

Dr. habil. Edit Mikó, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Szeged (SZTE) and

Balázs József Szalai, 3rd-year BSc student in Rural Development Agricultural Engineering.

During the ceremony, awards and recognitions will also be presented.

’SÁRGULÁSI’ HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE PARADE:

Departure from Pilot farm: 15:15

Arrival at Kossuth Sq.: 15:45

Route:

Local marketplace – Szt. István Sq. – Kálvin Sq. – Andrássy Rd. – Batthyány str. – Oldalkosár str.– Szőnyi str. – Tóth Sándor str. – Városház str. – Kossuth Sq, – Zrínyi str. – Madách str. – Lázár str. – Deák Ferenc str. – Petőfi Rd. (Student Hostel)

On this day, 154 students bid farewell to their Alma Mater. During the traditional “Sárgulási” horse-drawn carriage parade, the carriages decorated with flowers and ribbons will depart at 15:15 from the Hódmezővásárhely Marketplace (parking lot behind the Church of Saint Stephen the King). The ’Sárgulási’ parade procession will arrive at Kossuth Square with a ceremonial brass band performance at 15:45, following the route via Andrássy street and Oldalkosár Street. (In case of rain, the procession will not stop at the town’s main square.)
The parade will then continue through the surrounding streets and will conclude at the Student Hostel of the Faculty of Agriculture. The event is named “Sárgulás” (literally "Yellowing") after traditional fieldwork customs — symbolizing that the young students have also "ripened for harvest"; their acquired knowledge has matured, and now they can symbolically reap the grains of life.

Download the detailed invitation HERE