Date/Time

Sunday, June 26, 2016 / 14:30 - 20:00

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European Soccer Championship

Hungary

Let’s watch the game and cheer together at the OHCC!

Belgium

15:00 – 17:00 Live from TSN
18:00 – 20:00 Hungarian recorded broadcasting

Drinks will be available at the bar.
There will be wieners with mustard and bread available as well.

Why should Hungarians cheer by yelling out „huj, huj, hajrá!”? The next quotation might give a good insight into the subject:

… „Huj, huj, hajrá!” the godless battle cry of the roaming Hungarians, recorded first in 993 in the battle of Merseburgh has survived for more than a thousand years. This emboldening, encouraging cry has, nonetheless, almost suddenly disappeared from the bleachers of stadiums in mid 20th century during the soviet rule of the country due to an embarrassing incidental: in the soviet slang „huj” (pron. whoyui) stands for the male member…

[Excerpt and translation from the original article: http://www.nemzetisport.hu – „Válogatott: és Ön tudja, miért „hajrá, magyarok” a biztatás? És miért nem „huj, huj, hajrá”?”]