After lessons are done for the day, the school is decorated with garlands of flowers and colorful papers. While guests gather in the yard or in the gym, graduating students gather in their classroom, from where the tour of the building will start. Other students are waiting for them in the corridors or in their classrooms, as if to say goodbye one last time. Once everyone has arrived, the graduating students start their procession through the building, visiting the rooms most important to them. They are walking single file, one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of them, following the banner of the school. They are carrying a small satchel on their shoulders that has some indispensable items “for the road”: salt, bread (in fact, “pogácsa”), some loose change, a lump of earth (wrapped), a photo of the school, and possibly a list of the classmates (these are typically prepared by younger students). In their free hands, they are also carrying gifts from their parents and friends, typically bouquets of flowers or balloons. While walking, they are singing songs about leaving school (you can listen to a sample of these here).

Once the procession passed a classroom or corridor, students positioned there go and join the other guests so they can greet the arriving procession together with performances and speeches. Sometimes the graduating students also say a few words to their head teacher or other favorite teachers, and give them flowers or other, thoughtful gifts to thank them for their work over the years. After the event, there might or might not be a party for the students.