This group was waiting for the start of the annual harvest celebration and ceremony to bless the new bread, which both occur on Aug. 20, St. István's Day, in Budapest. Participants march from Buda across the Chain Bridge to St. Stephen's Basilica, where the bread of master bakers is blessed by the Primate of Hungary, the Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, during a ceremonial Mass. If I recall correctly, the embalmed hand of St. Stephen is also carried in great ceremony to the Danube and back. We didn't follow the huge mass of people across the bridge, but my husband has been to the services on the other end, so it was good to see this part of it.