ELEMENTS OF FOLKLORE AND ETHNOGRAPHY IN ROMANIANS FROM HUNGARY
ELEMENTS OF FOLKLORE AND ETHNOGRAPHY IN ROMANIANS FROM HUNGARY

Summary/Abstract: The traditions and customs of the Romanian historical community in Hungary were preserved quite well until the 1960s. However, their research must take into account two important aspects. First of all, because the Romanian population was not compact but was sporadically scattered in towns and villages located in the south-eastern part of Hungary, along the border with Romania, in many of these localities Romanians lived an isolated life, thus keeping for a longer time the specifics and customs of the traditional society, but also the Romanian language specific to each settlement. Secondly, we must not forget the fact that in these localities Romanians lived with Hungarians, Serbs, Slovaks or Germans, which led over time to important influences of these ethnic groups on folklore and traditions. All this has given the Romanian community in Hungary distinctive features compared to other Romanian historical communities, especially when we refer to the traditional society in the twentieth century.

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