A traditional wedding lasted 6 days and included many different stages: preparations, which included conspiracies, matchmaking, betrothal, preparations for the wedding and asking guests, and then already the bachelorette party, redemption, blessing, unblessing and going to the wedding, nuptials in the church, wedding feast, relocation, nuptials, sharing of the korovai and elopement. Here we will …
Songs have accompanied people throughout time. Before the era of radio and television, they were a form of entertainment, the transmission of information, and a vehicle for ritual. They were sung in church, during rituals, while working at home or in the fields, while herding animals, while playing – both by young children and adults. …
Singing and characteristic songs of Central Roztocze Read More »
A holiday that is unequivocally associated with summer is the Harvest Festival. This holiday is celebrated on various dates, depending on the region and the growing season of the year. It marks the end of the harvest season – the gathering of the grain harvest, and crowns the hard work on the land. Initially it …
The Hungarian people are a music-loving people, playing a wide range of different instruments in their music. Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, Bálint Sárosi and Lajos Vargyas, among others, were widely involved in folk music, and numerous researches and collections have been preserved for posterity after their names. In his work The Folk Music of Hungarians, …
Characteristics of instrumental music in Hungary Read More »
