Kapcsolatok és találkozások. Tiszteletkötet Liszka József 70. születésnapjára
Connections and Encounters. Volume in Honor of József Liszka’s 70th Birthday
Contributor(s): Péter Vataščin (Editor)
Subject(s): History, Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Fórum Kisebbségkutató Intézet
Keywords: historical ethnography; history;religious studies; folklore;history of science;Carpathian Basin; greetings
Summary/Abstract: „József Liszka is a peculiar phenomenon in contemporary Hungarian intellectual life: he can be described as extremely normal; possible excesses have not affected him, and both national and international biases are far removed from him. Perhaps his discipline, ethnography, helps him in this, which he practices with a sociologist’s passion but without any inclination toward romanticism. He is especially well versed in German ethnography, and, being familiar with Slovak scholarly literature—and literature as well—he can view Hungarian phenomena as a truly Central European anthropologist. He takes account of ethnographically interpretable phenomena of the present just as much as those of past eras, and his perspective is not in the least nostalgic.” – writes about the book György Spiró.The volume prepared for the 70th birthday of József Liszka contains writings by forty-four authors; in addition to congratulatory pieces, it includes 36 studies, mostly of an ethnological and historical nature, each accompanied by an English summary. The Tabula gratulatoria at the end of the volume presents a long list of names of those who extend their greetings to the celebrant, József Liszka.
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-80-89978-47-2
- Page Count: 504
- Publication Year: 2026
- Language: Slovak, Czech, German, Hungarian
Liszka József köszöntése
Liszka József köszöntése
(A Tribute to József Liszka)
- Author(s):Attila PALÁDI-KOVÁCS
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Societal Essay
- Page Range:9-10
- No. of Pages:2
- Keywords:ethnography; museum; research coordination; conferences; books; Acta Ethnologica Danubiana
- Summary/Abstract:The article briefly introduces and pays tribute to the celebrated author’s body of work, including biographical details.
Józsefovi Liszkovi k životnému jubileu
Józsefovi Liszkovi k životnému jubileu
(To József Liszka on the occasion of his milestone birthday)
- Author(s):Gabriela Kiliánová
- Language:Slovak
- Subject(s):Societal Essay
- Page Range:11-12
- No. of Pages:2
- Summary/Abstract:A greeting in Slovak highlighting the importance of the celebrated author’s connections to Slovak and Czech folklore.
Adatok a komáromi hajózás történetéhez
Adatok a komáromi hajózás történetéhez
(Data on the history of shipping in Komárom)
- Author(s):Béla Angyal
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Economic history, Local History / Microhistory, 19th Century
- Page Range:15-47
- No. of Pages:33
- Summary/Abstract:Due to its favorable location in terms of water transport, Komárom played a significant role in the Hungarian grain and timber trade at the beginning of the 19th century. I present the shipping and boat towing of the time based on two archival documents from 1830 and 1831. From the census taken in connection with the cholera epidemic of 1831, we can find out how many residents were away from home and traveled the rivers. We can get to know the merchants, boatmen and boat tows by name, and we can also get an idea of what distant settlements they reached and which trade centers the boatmen from Komárom visited.
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Iskola a Péróban – az érsekújvári „czigányiskola” rövid története
Iskola a Péróban – az érsekújvári „czigányiskola” rövid története
(A school in Péró – a brief history of the „gypsy school” in Érsekújvár)
- Author(s):Boglárka Bakó
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Local History / Microhistory, History of Education, Ethnic Minorities Studies
- Page Range:48-62
- No. of Pages:15
- Summary/Abstract:In the mid-19th century, the education of Roma/Gypsy children in Hungary was not an independent educational policy priority. Access to education for Roma/Gypsy communities was extremely limited, and the state institutional system did not have targeted programs to support educational integration. The history of the Gypsy school founded in the Péró quarter of Érsekújvár (Nové Zámky) therefore became a special chapter in the history of 19th-century Hungarian education; it can be considered a unique initiative not only in Hungary, but also in Europe. The school operated in two different periods: first between 1838 and 1840, and then from 1856 until 1868. The history of the school highlights that the education of Roma/Gypsy communities is not only an institutional issue, but can be interpreted along deeper social, cultural and economic contexts.
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Egy csicsókeresztúri plébánosváltás alulnézeti bonyodalmai a XVIII–XIX. század fordulóján
Egy csicsókeresztúri plébánosváltás alulnézeti bonyodalmai a XVIII–XIX. század fordulóján
(The complications of a change of parish priest in Cicsókeresztúr at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries)
- Author(s):János Bárth
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, 19th Century, History of Religion
- Page Range:63-75
- No. of Pages:13
- Summary/Abstract:In the Transylvanian village of Csicsókeresztúr (Cristeştii-Ciceului), a change of parish priest took place in the winter of 1802/1803, which was accompanied by many complications, disputes of a material nature, and the exposure of human weaknesses. By quoting abundant contemporary testimonies, the author tries to present the unfavorable parish events leading up to the lawsuit through the eyes of the departing priest’s servants.
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Päť storočí prítomnosti chorvátskej minority na území Slovenska
Päť storočí prítomnosti chorvátskej minority na území Slovenska
(Five centuries old presence of the Croatian minority in Slovakia)
- Author(s):Ján Botík
- Language:Slovak
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Ethnic Minorities Studies
- Page Range:76-82
- No. of Pages:7
- Summary/Abstract:The presence of Croatian colonists in Slovakia has been documented since the 16th century. This enclave was part of a large linguistic island in the middle Danube region, whose inhabitants, under pressure from the military conquests of the Ottoman Empire during the 16th and 17th centuries, moved from their old Croatian settlements to the Habsburg Monarchy. After the collapse of Austria-Hungary (1918), this linguistic island broke up into several parts that were incorporated into the newly formed successor states – Austria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. Historians have expressed admiration for the fact that Croatian minorities have persisted here for five centuries. However, they did not live here as a closed and isolated community, but in symbiosis with their different ethnic surroundings. This meant that their development was influenced not only by continuous trends, but also by discontinuous ones. As a result, the ethno-cultural development of Croatian minorities in Central European countries was characterized by processes of persistence and change, tradition and innovation, acceptance and rejection, resistance and assimilation. The key attribute of their long-term persistence was their mother tongue, which served as the true foundation of their group identity, i.e., their Croatian identity.
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Agrarsozialismus in den Dörfern des Bodrogköz und die kirchliche Positionierung. Kirche zwischen Ordnungsmacht und Glaubensinstitution
Agrarsozialismus in den Dörfern des Bodrogköz und die kirchliche Positionierung. Kirche zwischen Ordnungsmacht und Glaubensinstitution
(Agricultural socialism in the villages of Bodrogköz and the Church’s position. The Church between Law Enforcement and Institution of Faith)
- Author(s):Juliane Brandt
- Language:German
- Subject(s):History of Church(es), Economic history, Local History / Microhistory
- Page Range:83-98
- No. of Pages:16
- Summary/Abstract:In 1898, a so-called “agrarian socialist movement” arose in the villages of Bodrogköz. The participants formed associations, which they called “cooperatives”, and planned to divide up large estates. By March 1898, the movement had been suppressed. This study examines how the Reformed Church – as the church to which the majority of the local population belonged – positioned itself in relation to these actions by its members. In particular, it analyses the statements made by the plenary meetings of the local deaconry (Alsó-Zempléni Egyházmegye) and by the church district and the reporting in the Protestant press, using the example of the regional weekly Sárospataki Lapok and the Budapest Protestant weekly PEIL.
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Az 1848-as iglói orvosi jelentés egy lehetséges olvasata
Az 1848-as iglói orvosi jelentés egy lehetséges olvasata
(A Possible Interpretation of the 1848 Medical Report from Igló)
- Author(s):Zita Deáky
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, 19th Century
- Page Range:99-104
- No. of Pages:6
- Summary/Abstract:On February 12, 1848, Samuel Posewitz (1800–1871), a Lutheran Zipser and chief medical officer of the sixteen towns of the Spiš region, submitted his annual medical report to the Governor’s Council. This two-and-a-half-page manuscript serves as the starting point of the present study which situates the document within a broader context. The paper introduces a physician whose career diverged from the conventional path: he experimented with innovative healing methods, remained professionally active during particularly difficult periods – including the famine of 1845–1847 and the War of Independence – and, after leaving the medical profession, continued to play a significant role in the cultural and economic life of Igló.
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Amerikás Rádi Gábor 2.0
Amerikás Rádi Gábor 2.0
(American Gábor Rádi 2.0)
- Author(s):Zoltán Fejős
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Customs / Folklore, Ethnohistory
- Page Range:105-114
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:pulp fiction; emigration; a popular type of story; folklorization; oral tradition
- Summary/Abstract:At the end of the 19th century the main themes of pulp literature were local events and rumors through crime stories. With a few exceptions, research and reviews focusing on literary history and classical folklore genres did not take into account the theme of emigration to America. In the mid-1970s, the author conducted ethnographic research in the central region of the Zemplén Mountains with the aim of collecting memories of emigration. During this, he recorded a ballad story that contained a tragic attempt to harm an emigrant returning from America. The singer performed the case of Gábor Rádi based on a pulp publication that he did not preserve. The source text could not be identified at that time. The story, which was stuck in the initial phase from the point of view of folklorization, and two earlier parallels warned that this type of story existed in the oral tradition of the turn of the century. It is possible that with further research, new texts may be found thanks to the new, digital records of the tarpaulin publications. The former popularity and wider territorial spread of the topic is also indicated by the fact that the miraculous ending of the story about American Gábor Rádi’s damage was recently identified in four former printed editions from 1904–1905, three decades after the original research.
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A mindennapi élet szerveződése Tordán az első világháború idején
A mindennapi élet szerveződése Tordán az első világháború idején
(The Organization of Everyday Life in Turda/Torda during the First World War)
- Author(s):Vilmos Keszeg
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Customs / Folklore, Ethnohistory, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
- Page Range:115-131
- No. of Pages:17
- Summary/Abstract:In my previous research on the dynamics of traditional (folk) culture, I examined the laws and regulations and identified the institutions—such as the church, education, and the media—that significantly influenced the status of traditions, affecting their practice, abandonment, or transformation. The present study builds on this line of inquiry, focusing on the period of the First World War. Drawing on the volumes of Aranyosvidék, the county weekly published in Turda/Torda, the study examines how everyday life was transformed during the war. It addresses the removal of men from the family and workforce; assistance provided to front-line soldiers, the wounded, war-disabled veterans, widows, and orphans; survival strategies; changes in burial practices and the commemoration of the dead; attitudes toward prisoners of war; and family life amid the dispersal of family members. This analysis explores how, in this conjunctural (crisis) context, everyday life, became subject to national, local, and institutional regulations; how daily routines were constrained; and aims to identify the official provisions that initiated new procedures, redirecting everyday practices into the sphere of legality and compliance.
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Egy megalkotott ünnep az 1930-as, 1940-es évekből: a mindszenti halászok napja
Egy megalkotott ünnep az 1930-as, 1940-es évekből: a mindszenti halászok napja
(A Created Holiday from the 1930s and 1940s: Mindszent Fishermen’s Day)
- Author(s):László Mód
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Customs / Folklore, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory
- Page Range:132-138
- No. of Pages:7
- Summary/Abstract:The study attempted to explore and analyze the circumstances surrounding the creation of a local holiday held in Mindszent, Csongrád County between 1936 and 1944, as well as the process of its change, by exploiting the opportunities provided by various sources. During the period under study, Fishermen’s Day enjoyed great popularity, and reports on local events were published on several occasions by national press outlets. In 1938, at the initiative of the local parish priest József Taraba, the council of representatives declared the event a votive holiday and a commemoration of the village’s re-foundation. Although the parish priest appeared to justify the creation of the holiday as the preservation of a „local tradition”, it is more likely that his primary motivation was to address the critical economic conditions of the 1930s by organizing an event that later also gained recognition among certain professional fishing organizations. Through the deliberate creation of symbols and ritual acts associated with Fishermen’s Day, Taraba established forms that proved particularly suitable for shaping local memory and making it tangible through a variety of material objects.
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Die Donau als Pilgerstraße in der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie
Die Donau als Pilgerstraße in der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie
(The Danube as a pilgrimage route in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy)
- Author(s):Walpurga Oppeker
- Language:German
- Subject(s):History of Church(es), Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, History of Religion
- Page Range:139-155
- No. of Pages:17
- Summary/Abstract:Votive images depicting failed pilgrimage ships on the Lower Austrian Danube prompted a closer examination of this mode of transport. The investigation revealed that the Danube, as a central pilgrimage route of the early modern Habsburg Monarchy, was closely linked to the Counter-Reformation and the rise of large-scale mass pilgrimages. Maria Taferl developed into a crucial hub where pilgrims from Upper Austria, Moravia, Vienna, and Hungary disembarked or continued their journeys home by ship. Votive tablets, miracle accounts, and contemporary press sources document not only the religious dynamism but also the high risk posed by the overcrowded, often unsuitable boats, frequently captained by inexperienced boatmen. Critical locations along the river, such as the Steiner Danube Bridge, repeatedly led to serious accidents. The analysis illustrates how religious practice, social mobility and the specific conditions of Danube shipping interlocked and made the waterway a defining axis of Catholic piety in Central Europe.
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Emlékezet és identitás szoborba zárva: a bősi millenniumi emlékmű története – az elbeszélések tükrében
Emlékezet és identitás szoborba zárva: a bősi millenniumi emlékmű története – az elbeszélések tükrében
(Collective memory and ethnic identity locked in a statue. The story of the millennial statue in Bős/Gabčikovo)
- Author(s):Katalin Pajor
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:156-181
- No. of Pages:26
- Summary/Abstract:This study explores the history, symbolism, and interpretative practices surrounding the Turul monument in Gabčíkovo (Bős, Slovakia), focusing on its role in shaping local and transnational Hungarian identity. It addresses the following questions: In what social, cultural, and political context did the idea and realization of the monument emerge? What is the history of the statue, and how is it connected to the „twin” Turul monuments in Pázmándfalu (Hungary) and Moșnița Nouă (Újmosnica, Romania)? What motivations and meanings have guided its erection, use, and reinterpretation? How has it been perceived within the local community, the Slovak and Hungarian public spheres, and how does it relate to multiple – local, regional, ethnic, and national – layers of identity? Through historical reconstruction, ethnographic accounts, and discourse analysis, the study reveals that the Turul statue in Gabčíkovo was not merely an aesthetic project but a symbolic act of identity assertion. Its repeated recontextualization—from its denied installation in the 1990s to its re-erection in 2000 and relocation in 2021—demonstrates the continuous negotiation of symbolic space between majority and minority. Ritual practices and media interpretations show that the monument embodies both memory and resistance, functioning as a dynamic, reinterpreted “text” of belonging, where the question „Whose space is this?” remains perpetually open
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Magyarok Prágában. Adalékok a Baťa-cipős magyarok történetéhez
Magyarok Prágában. Adalékok a Baťa-cipős magyarok történetéhez
(Hungarians in Prague. Additions to the history of the Hungarians with Baťa shoes)
- Author(s):Attila Simon
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
- Page Range:182-189
- No. of Pages:8
- Summary/Abstract:The study, which aims to contribute a new addition to the topic of the so-called Hungarians with Baťa shoes, deals with the two largest groups of Hungarians from Slovakia who were in Prague between the two world wars: university students and conscripts. It examines the kind of contact the students and soldiers maintained with the Czech population, and what impulses they experienced in an environment that was in many ways alien to them. The study primarily deals with the impact of a more civilized Czech society on Hungarian youth, but also touches on the conflicts between Hungarians and Czechs.
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Obraz křesťanské Evropy a židovského náboženského společenství v protektorátní propagandě
Obraz křesťanské Evropy a židovského náboženského společenství v protektorátní propagandě
(The portrayal of christian Europe and the Jewish religious community in protectorate propaganda)
- Author(s):Blanka Soukupová
- Language:Czech
- Subject(s):WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of Antisemitism
- Page Range:190-199
- No. of Pages:10
- Summary/Abstract:The collaborationist propaganda of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, which was a continuation of Second Republic propaganda, attempted to break apart the Czech national political identity. Its cornerstone became a new image of Christian Europe under the leadership of Nazi Germany, a new Europe stripped of all Jewish influences. Jews were accused of starting the war, prolonging it, and causing wartime shortages through their profiteering. Their alleged influence was particularly evident in England, the United States, and the Soviet Union, but it was also strong in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The legal injustice unleashed against the Jewish population was justified with the help of pseudo-religious arguments. Jews were accused of abusing their alleged power through mysterious religious practices and rituals. Their immense influence was also amplified by the First Republic and especially by the „Jew-lover“ Edvard Beneš, the Czechoslovak president-in-exile and one of Adolf Hitler’s main detractors. The image of a Christian Europe, where the Czechs were to assume an inferior position corresponding to their vassal status vis-à-vis Nazi Germany, was reinforced by a re-evaluation of Czech historical tradition. Instead of Hussitism, the militant tradition of the First Republic, the Second Republic emphasized the tradition of St. Wenceslas. However, medieval Prince Wenceslas was primarily praised for having incorporated Bohemia into the German Empire. He then adopted Christianity, the beneficial influence of which was further developed in the Czech lands by Charles IV and later by the Habsburgs. At this time, at the initiative of Sudeten German historian Josef Pfitzner, it was also decided that the Marian Column demolished on 3 November 1918 as a symbol of White Mountain should be returned to Prague.
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Utópiák, eltűnt gondolatok. Adalékok a „felvidéki szellem” történetéhez
Utópiák, eltűnt gondolatok. Adalékok a „felvidéki szellem” történetéhez
(Utopias, disappeared thoughts. Additions to the history of the „Felvidék spirit”)
- Author(s):László Szarka
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Ethnic Minorities Studies
- Page Range:200-206
- No. of Pages:7
- Summary/Abstract:This study, examining the first two decades of the history of the Hungarian minority in Czechoslovakia and its intellectual self-reflection, deals with the concept of the “Felvidék spirit”. The organizing and legitimizing element of the „new Europe” that emerged with the breakup of the empires after the First World War was the nation-state based on national self-determination. Many millions of national and ethnic minorities lived in fundamentally multiethnic nation-states, including Czechoslovakia. Based on Ernest Gellner’s study on nation-state nationalisms, the text focuses the internal ethical tensions of the Czech-Slovak state on the tensions between the assimilation policy of the majority nations, the attempts of the Hungarian minority to self-organize, and the revisionist aspirations of the Hungarian motherland (kin state). The minority elites between the two world wars experienced the insoluble contradictions of this „triadic nexus” and tried to emphasize regional cooperation and intermediary functions.
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A Bodrogköz 21. századi ünnepeiről és ételeikről. Gasztronómiai változások a hagyomány jegyében
A Bodrogköz 21. századi ünnepeiről és ételeikről. Gasztronómiai változások a hagyomány jegyében
(About the 21st century celebrations and their dishes in Bodrogköz. Gastronomic changes in the spirit of tradition)
- Author(s):Gyula Viga, Ilona Viszóczky
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Identity of Collectives
- Page Range:207-218
- No. of Pages:12
- Summary/Abstract:The study examines the way in which national and local identity is expressed in today’s community occasions, using the example of new types of village festivals that emerged following the political and social changes that took place at the end of the 20th century. In the Slovak villages of the Bodrogköz (SE Slovakia and NE Hungary), festive programs organized around traditional products and dishes are more common, which show both local and global features. Programs drawing on cultural heritage are not typical of the Hungarian villages of the historical landscape, which, in our opinion, confirms their identity-forming significance in Slovak communities.
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Német telepesek és a származásukra utaló források a 18. századi Vácon
Német telepesek és a származásukra utaló források a 18. századi Vácon
(German settlers and sources referring to their origins in 18th-century Vác)
- Author(s):Márta Zomborka
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):19th Century, Ethnic Minorities Studies
- Page Range:219-223
- No. of Pages:5
- Summary/Abstract:After the end of Ottoman rule, Vác, a significant episcopal seat in the Middle Ages, lay in ruins, awaiting renewal. The landlords – the bishops of the time – ensured the dominance of the Catholic population during the settlement. The place of origin of the settlers, who were mostly of German origin, can be traced from few sources. The register of converts preserved in the parishes contains numerous entries about the conversion of Lutheran Germans to the Catholic faith, with specific names and origin data.
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A vallási néprajz meghonosítója és megújítója: Bálint Sándor kutatói szemléletéről
A vallási néprajz meghonosítója és megújítója: Bálint Sándor kutatói szemléletéről
(The originator and innovator of religious ethnography. On the research approach of Sándor Bálint)
- Author(s):Gábor Barna
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Christian Theology and Religion, Customs / Folklore, History of Religion
- Page Range:227-243
- No. of Pages:17
- Summary/Abstract:Sándor Bálint was an excellent and sharp-eyed field researcher. This may have played a role in the fact that, coming from a peasant family, he was able to observe the individual in his social environment and his culture from both the inside (emic) and the outside (etic). He did not write theoretical studies, but he introduced changes in perspective that were ahead of his time. His roots lead back to the Franciscan peasant tradition of Szeged-Alsóváros. This was shaped into a conscious worldview by later studies and the influence of Christian social teaching. His thematic innovative proposals have now been incorporated into scientific thinking. The concept of people is used in a broad sense today; the pilgrimage is one of the most prosperous, and even traditional, areas of ethnographic/religious ethnographic research at home and abroad; a number of books testify to the examination of the functioning and social role of „holy men”; and several authors have also dealt with the relationship between the individual and the community; Ethnographers and art historians analyze the role of small icons and tarpaulins in everyday life.
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Lontó szakrális kisemlékei és a népességi adatok viszonya
Lontó szakrális kisemlékei és a népességi adatok viszonya
(The relationship between Lontó’s sacral monuments and population data)
- Author(s):Márta Bendíkné Szabó
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:244-254
- No. of Pages:11
- Summary/Abstract:In my work, I compared the development of the Catholic population of Lontó with the number of small sacral monuments, relying on data from church visitation records, diocesan registers and censuses. Today, only seven small sacral monuments can be found in the area of the village, which has had a Roman Catholic majority since the Counter-Reformation. No other data has survived for posterity about the three tin-bodied crosses mentioned in the church visitation record of 1779. Of the objects still visible today, the statue of Saint John of Nepomuk, already listed in 1779, is the oldest, and the cast-iron crucifix on the roadside on the cadastral border of Ipolyszakállos and Lontó is probably next in chronological order. The other objects, erected on private initiative, date from the 20th century. The Lourdes grotto built in the garden of the former Jekelfalussy castle, the current Platan Social Service Institute, dates back to 1903, and we can assume that the Podhorszky and Jekelfalussy crypt superstructure was also built at the very beginning of the 20th century. The Mocsári cross, offered in gratitude for the child’s recovery, was made in 1923. The current cemetery cross was erected in its original place, near the bell tower on the main street, in 1938. There was no willingness to erect small sacral monuments even after the Velvet Revolution. Only two new objects were built, both on the territory of the institute: the outdoor statue of Mary and the Lourdes grotto in the castle garden. The older small sacral monuments, however, were renovated with the help of the local government and various tenders. Based on the data obtained, it is obvious that the number of small sacral monuments, which can be considered as material manifestations of religious spirit, is not directly proportional to the number of Catholics living in the settlement in London either. The renovation of objects and the creation of new small structures is primarily a function of the zeal of individuals active in religious life, as well as the availability of financial resources.
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Isten dicsőségére állíttatta… Szempontok, észrevételek, gondolatok a szakrális kisépítmények vizsgálatához
Isten dicsőségére állíttatta… Szempontok, észrevételek, gondolatok a szakrális kisépítmények vizsgálatához
(Erected for the glory of God… Aspects, observations, thoughts for examining small sacral structures)
- Author(s):Mónika Bodnár
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:255-278
- No. of Pages:24
- Summary/Abstract:The study mainly summarizes the author’s observations based on her research in the Bódva Valley. During the fieldwork, she encountered small sacral monuments that could not be fitted into any of the existing categories. In addition to the World War II monuments, such were the statues that commemorate recent church personalities – priests, nuns. Moreover the choice of location where they were built is sometimes inexplicable at first glance – so the text also mentions a location that is different from the classic ones. The research also revealed that a significant part of the small sacral monuments in Torna County, especially the chapels, crosses, and statues built in the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, are somehow connected to American emigrants.
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Beim Grab der seligen Gizella/Gisela und auf dem Mariahilfberg in Passau – Impressionen meiner Begegnung mit dem Kollegen József Liszka
Beim Grab der seligen Gizella/Gisela und auf dem Mariahilfberg in Passau – Impressionen meiner Begegnung mit dem Kollegen József Liszka
(At the tomb of Blessed Gizella and on the Mariahilfberg in Passau – Impressions of my encounter with my colleague József Liszka)
- Author(s):Walter Hartinger
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:279-283
- No. of Pages:5
- Summary/Abstract:József Liszka and I met at the University of Passau, surrounded by signs of cultural exchange between Bavaria and Hungary. Trough fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Liszka was able to stay here for several month in both 2001 und 2003, which led to a lasting friendship. The entire german community in folkloristics, not beeing proficient in Hungarian, has benefited from the exemplary publications of the scientist JL, which he published in German, thus creating a genuine international exchange of ideas.
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A szakrális hely és a szakralizáció a népi vallásosságban
A szakrális hely és a szakralizáció a népi vallásosságban
(Sacred place and sacralization in folk religiosity)
- Author(s):Laura Iancu
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:284-294
- No. of Pages:11
- Summary/Abstract:According to the definition of religious studies, a sacred space is the place, memory of the (former) appearance of the saint, which functions as a sacred, cultic place through the ritual consecration of a given religion or church. Research has generally examined religious events taking place in sacred spaces defined in this way. The following study undertakes to present and analyze cases where supernatural power „manifests itself” in „profane” spaces and places. Data taken from religious practice show that the place of the appearance of the saint is not tied to a specific space, but the place where it appears is temporarily or permanently sacralized. Although the sacred places of individual religious experiences are extremely decisive, they do not (necessarily) become the sacred spaces of the collective or official religion.
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Der „Stolperstein“ von Edit Stein (Goethestrasse 63, Freiburg). Ein musterhaftes und zugleich besonderes Kleindenkmal
Der „Stolperstein“ von Edit Stein (Goethestrasse 63, Freiburg). Ein musterhaftes und zugleich besonderes Kleindenkmal
(The „stumbling block“ of Edit Stein; An exemplary and at the same time special small monument)
- Author(s):Michael Prosser-Schell
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:295-305
- No. of Pages:11
- Summary/Abstract:This article builds upon the extensive work of József Liszka on the research topic of „small-scale monuments in open air“ and, using a newly emerging type of monument as an example, explores questions of their specific materiality and form, their dissemination, and their representational function. This new type is the so-called „stumbling stones“, which have now been laid in streets throughout Europe. The example discussed here, the stumbling stone of Edith Stein at Goethestrasse 63 in Freiburg im Breisgau, also addresses the tension between religious and secular commemoration.
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Kűoszlophó kötözik. Az Újvidéki Egyetem szabadkai Magyar Tannyelvű Tanítóképző Kara hallgatói által gyűjtött vajdasági archaikus népi imádságok
Kűoszlophó kötözik. Az Újvidéki Egyetem szabadkai Magyar Tannyelvű Tanítóképző Kara hallgatói által gyűjtött vajdasági archaikus népi imádságok
(They tie him to a stone pillar. Vojvodina archaic folk prayers from the collection of students of the Faculty of Teachers in the Hungarian language of instruction in Subotica, University of Novi Sad)
- Author(s):István Silling
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Customs / Folklore
- Page Range:306-320
- No. of Pages:15
- Summary/Abstract:Apocryphal archaic folk prayers were until recently an unnoticed, undiscovered genre of folk literature, since they were neither noticed nor collected, and could not be thoroughly researched or analyzed. Since the second half of the 20th century, they have been known and recognized as an independent genre of oral folklore, and are the subject of research among Russians, Slovenians, Hungarians, Italians and other European nations. Their origins go back to the time when literacy was still insufficiently present among the masses, and when the pre-Easter liturgical mysteries had a dramatic form, i.e. when they were performed in the churches themselves. These prayers are the remains of those former dramatic works, which were preserved until the beginning of the 21st century. This is also confirmed by the collection of archaic prayers that the students of the Faculty of Teacher Education in Subotica collected throughout Vojvodina in 2008, when they studied dialectology.
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Der Schädel unter dem Kreuz
Der Schädel unter dem Kreuz
(The skull under the cross)
- Author(s):Thomas Schwierz
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Customs / Folklore
- Page Range:321-330
- No. of Pages:10
- Summary/Abstract:A common depiction of a skull with crossed bones is found at the base of depictions of the cross. Here, the skull does not symbolize death, which would contradict the message of resurrection and salvation, but rather stands for life. As with many themes addressed in art that are not found in the Bible, the key to understanding this seemingly contradictory depiction lies in apocryphal writings, in this specific case in Ethiopian and Syriac writings from the 2nd to 6th centuries AD. This article explains the ideas underlying the skull beneath the cross.
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Nepomuki Szent János máriás jelvényéről
Nepomuki Szent János máriás jelvényéről
(On the Marian insignia of Saint John of Nepomuk)
- Author(s):Attila Terbócs
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:331-340
- No. of Pages:10
- Summary/Abstract:The paper examines the Marian insignia (badge) depicting the Virgin Mary, a rare attribute of Saint John of Nepomuk, which is known from seven 18th-century outdoor statues in the Carpathian Basin. After reviewing the iconographic parallels of the Marian images, the author traces the iconographic source of the insignia back to the miraculous image of the Virgin of Altbunzlau. In this context, he outlines the tradition of depicting John of Nepomuk’s pilgrimage to Altbunzlau in the Carpathian Basin. The study concludes that the insignia’s original narrative context in the region has faded, resulting in the substitution of the original miraculous image of the Virgin with other types of Marian depictions (e.g., the Immaculate Conception, Pietà). In contrast, the Marian medallion shown around the saint’s neck, also popular in 18th-century devotional practice beyond the Nepomuk cult, has largely preserved the depiction of the Virgin.
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Virágszirom: közvetített emlékezet
Virágszirom: közvetített emlékezet
(Flower Petal: Mediated Memory)
- Author(s):Kincső Verebélyi
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:341-355
- No. of Pages:15
- Summary/Abstract:Many people have written about memory in recent decades. Excellent theoretical works have presented in detail the embeddedness of memory within social frameworks. Others have drawn attention to the connections between the process-like nature of human culture and the specificities of memory. We did not undertake to write a study of a similar nature. Starting from just one specific example, we tried to at least indicate the custom of gluing dried, pressed flower petals to a sheet of paper or into a book over a period of about 100-150 years. The influence of fashion and the process-like nature and fragmentation of memory are still everyday experiences today.
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„Szanyi Pásztor Böske, kiugrott a gyöpre.”
„Szanyi Pásztor Böske, kiugrott a gyöpre.”
(„Szanyi Pásztor Böske, jumped out on the lawn”)
- Author(s):Lívia Balázs
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Customs / Folklore
- Page Range:359-371
- No. of Pages:13
- Summary/Abstract:The study describes the Pentecost folk custom of Szany, a village in the Rábaköz region of Western Hungary, known as the Pásztor Böske-pulling, focusing on its changing meaning and role. After a brief introduction to the region and an outline of the village’s history and Pentecost traditions, it provides a more detailed analysis of the former practice of the Pásztor Böske-pulling, and then examines the impact that its presentation in stage performances has had on the folklore itself. The author also touches upon similar customs known in the region and their present-day practice.
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Üzenet a múltból. Jelek családi használatú textíliákon
Üzenet a múltból. Jelek családi használatú textíliákon
(Message from the past. Signs on family textiles)
- Author(s):Imre Gráfik
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Semiotics / Semiology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:372-386
- No. of Pages:15
- Summary/Abstract:The author analyzes the signs found on various objects – which indicate belonging to someone – starting with a towel with a monogram. These objects belong to a specific group: the so-called „memorial objects”. The text mainly, but not exclusively, gives examples from the field of textiles, namely those that predominantly have monograms. If information can be retrieved regarding their use, it is important for ethnographic research and ethnosemiotics. They can clarify and complete our knowledge of the practice of folk-peasant sign use. In this way, they can contribute to the pragmatics of the use of signs and sign systems and to the understanding of their semantic domain, as well as to the exploration of syntactic regularities.
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Régiségek a pusztaságban. Adalékok Henszlmann Imre mesetanulmányának kontextusához
Régiségek a pusztaságban. Adalékok Henszlmann Imre mesetanulmányának kontextusához
(Antiquities in the wasteland. Data to the contexts of Imre Henszlmann’s treatise on folktales)
- Author(s):Judit Gulyás
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Customs / Folklore
- Page Range:387-409
- No. of Pages:23
- Summary/Abstract:Imre Henszlmann (1813–1888), born in Košice, published his monumental treatise entitled A népmese Magyarországon (‘Folktales in Hungary’) in 1847, which was the first work in Hungarian culture to present the genre of folktales as a possible subject for academic study. Henszlmann presented the Slovak, Romanian, and Hungarian folktales based on the collections of Janko Rimauski/Ján Francisci, Arthur and Albert Schott, János Erdélyi, Georg von Gaal and Johann Grafen Mailáth. He evaluated them according to their relationship to the presumed primordial myth and the extent of their national character, categorized the corpus into genre groups, and interpreted the tales by introducing a symbolic mythological meaning—from an international, comparative perspective. The paper provides data and aspects on the contemporary contexts of this unprecedented study by Henszlmann, who was a renowned art historian, literary critic, and archaeologist. It presents passages related to tales found in Henszlmann’s writings on art theory and art history, his folk legends published in verse in Pesther Tageblatt in 1840, and discusses some connections between archaeology, art history and the 19th-century study of popular prose epics and oral narratives, relying on the concept of antiquity.
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Interetnicita a počátky její tematizace středoevropskou etnografií
Interetnicita a počátky její tematizace středoevropskou etnografií
(Interethnicity and the Beginnings of Its Thematization in Central European Ethnography)
- Author(s):Petr Lozoviuk
- Language:Czech
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Identity of Collectives
- Page Range:410-421
- No. of Pages:12
- Summary/Abstract:This study outlines the key factors that contributed to the formation of the Central European ethnological tradition, with particular attention to its historical engagement with ethnic processes. It places special emphasis on the development of a specialized subdiscipline focused on the reflection of borderlands and the study of ethnic enclaves. Although these approaches to conceptualizing ethnographic realities can be identified across the countries of the region, the primary focus of this paper is the German-language scholarly tradition, with particular attention to the Czech–German context.
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Szent László emlékezete a Szepességben és Sárosban
Szent László emlékezete a Szepességben és Sárosban
(The memory of Saint Ladislaus in Szepesség and Sáros)
- Author(s):Zoltán Magyar
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Customs / Folklore, Culture and social structure
- Page Range:422-437
- No. of Pages:16
- Summary/Abstract:The study examines a little-known regional focus of the folk tradition of King Saint Ladislaus, the traditions related to Saint Ladislaus mentioned in the northeastern highlands, today part of Slovakia, in the counties of Szepes and Sáros. These traditions related to the topography of the region, church titles, medieval artworks and records of cult traces in charters are mostly directly or indirectly connected with the settlement areas of the former Hungarian ethnic rural population of these two counties. With the disappearance of the Hungarians in Szepes and Sáros counties in the Middle Ages and the late modern period (as well as their conversion to Protestantism), the narrative textual monuments that presumably existed and that can be deduced from the sporadic surviving data have also largely disappeared. My thesis attempts to register these cult traces and, where possible, to present them.
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(Cseh)szlovák–magyar közigazgatási határ mint kulturális határ?
(Cseh)szlovák–magyar közigazgatási határ mint kulturális határ?
(Is the (Czecho-)Slovakian-Hungarian political border cultural border as well?)
- Author(s):Balázs Borsos
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:441-447
- No. of Pages:7
- Summary/Abstract:In the article the author investigates the question whether the political border between Hungary and (Czecho-)Slovakia can be defined at the same time as a cultural border among the different cultural regions of the Hungarian-speaking area. The investigation is based on the major monography The Ethnography of the Hungarians in Slovakia written by József Liszka, and on the computer elaboration of the Atlas of Hungarian Folk Culture, which consists of the cluster-analysis and mathematical statistical analysis of its own data. The author concludes that the political border forms cultural borders as well in more areas than previous research suggested. This is probably due to a low density of the net of the collecting points of the atlas, and to the increasing divergence of the culture of Hungarians who live in the periphery of the Hungarian language territory and are surrounded by a different ethnic and natural environment.
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Örökzöld magyar nyelvi átok
Örökzöld magyar nyelvi átok
(Evergreen Hungarian linguistic curse)
- Author(s):Miklós Kontra
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Language acquisition
- Page Range:448-454
- No. of Pages:7
- Summary/Abstract:This paper is about an everlasting Hungarian language curse, namely that practically all Hungarians (with the exception of those professional linguists who study bilingualism) are victims to and spreaders of such fallacies as (a) bilingualism can cause a deranged mind, (b) foreign words make “pure Hungarian” a dirty language, and (c) professional linguists who regard word-borrowing as a natural linguistic phenomenon legitimize ruining the Hungarian nation. By re-publishing his 1997 paper on Hungarian Americans in Chicago, the author demonstrates that the borrowing phenomena in Hungarian American communities are the same as those found in Hungarian Slovak communities in today’s Southern Slovakia.
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A magyar-szlovák megbékélés korai koncepcióinak korlátai
A magyar-szlovák megbékélés korai koncepcióinak korlátai
(The limitations of early concepts of Hungarian-Slovak reconciliation)
- Author(s):László Öllös
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Inter-Ethnic Relations, Politics of History/Memory, Politics and Identity
- Page Range:455-472
- No. of Pages:18
- Summary/Abstract:The study aims to examine the shortcomings of some well-known theoretical attempts that formulated the reasons for creating national reconciliation between Hungarians and Slovaks. The relationship between the two nations was not settled according to them, but rather to conflict, sometimes a national struggle using the most brutal means. Jointly built social movements (built against the concepts of national aggressiveness in their time) were not born from them. For this reason, it can be assumed that, beyond the compelling force of the political situation, they had and probably still have weaknesses – and not only tactical and power weaknesses, but also theoretical weaknesses. This study aims to investigate these features. If one wants to change the heritage of the past centuries, then, among others, one must also begin to formulate a critique of the theoretical heritage. Without it, the theoretical assumptions of the era of national conflicts remain the dominant ideas.
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Unterstützung von Wohnungslosen bzw. Obdachlosen
Unterstützung von Wohnungslosen bzw. Obdachlosen
(Support for homeless people)
- Author(s):Manfred Seifert
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Welfare systems, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
- Page Range:473-481
- No. of Pages:9
- Summary/Abstract:Building on József Liszka’s contribution on „Child Exchange as a Method of Acquiring Foreign Languages“, (Liszka 2003) this article addresses support services for the homeless. First, I describe widespread public attitudes toward this target group, as well as the specific characteristics of men, women, children and families experiencing homelessness. Statistical records of the homeless and housed in Germany have only been available since 2025. Although the European Parliament resolved in November 2020 to eliminate homelessness in the European Union, EU member states tend to avoid this obligation. Using Munich as an example, the study describes the public and private support options available in metropolitan areas. A selected look at locations in the Rosenheim district illustrates the types of support available in rural villages.
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Magyar gombanevek és -névmagyarázatok a Kárpát-medencében
Magyar gombanevek és -névmagyarázatok a Kárpát-medencében
(Hungarian mushroom names and their explanations in the Carpathian Basin)
- Author(s):Győző Zsigmond
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Language acquisition, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:482-488
- No. of Pages:7
- Summary/Abstract:The author has spent more than three decades of fieldwork cataloguing the Hungarian ethnographic regions of the Carpathian Basin. His collection includes nearly 1,700 folk names of mushrooms, which have been supplemented by the collections of others. He classifies the available material based on their structure, use, and the motives for naming them. The number and diversity of Hungarian folk names of mushrooms, as well as the numerous explanations of mushroom names that provide many interesting additions, are unparalleled even in international comparison.
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Danter Izabella levele
Danter Izabella levele
(A Letter from Izabella Danter)
- Author(s):Izabela Danterová
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Societal Essay
- Page Range:491-491
- No. of Pages:1
- Summary/Abstract:The author recalls shared memories with the honoree and uses them to pay tribute.
Hommage an einen ganz besonderen Menschen und Freund zum 70. Geburtstag
Hommage an einen ganz besonderen Menschen und Freund zum 70. Geburtstag
(A Tribute to a very special person and friend on his 70th Birthday)
- Author(s):Brigitte Heilingbrunner
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Societal Essay
- Page Range:492-493
- No. of Pages:2
- Summary/Abstract:The author recalls the venues of the conferences for researchers of minor historical monuments, which he and the honoree attended together.
Filep Antal levele
Filep Antal levele
(A Letter from Antal Filep)
- Author(s):Antal Filep
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Societal Essay
- Page Range:494-494
- No. of Pages:1
- Summary/Abstract:A reply from the late ethnographer and museologist Antal Filep (1936–2025) to a request for his contribution to the volume.
Tudománynak végzetiről
Tudománynak végzetiről
(On the Fate of Science)
- Author(s):Tamás Gusztáv Filep
- Language:Hungarian
- Subject(s):Scientific Life
- Page Range:495-498
- No. of Pages:4
- Summary/Abstract:Alongside his tribute to the honoree, the author describes their parallel careers and close relationship.
List od Hany Hlôškovej
List od Hany Hlôškovej
(A Letter from Hana Hlôšková)
- Author(s):Hana Hlôšková
- Language:Slovak
- Subject(s):Societal Essay
- Page Range:499-499
- No. of Pages:1
- Summary/Abstract:A brief letter of greeting in which the author recalls their professional relationship and mentions the honoree’s most recent book in Slovak.
Freiburger Gruß für den Band zum 70. Geburtstag von József Liszka
Freiburger Gruß für den Band zum 70. Geburtstag von József Liszka
(A Fribourg Tribute to the Volume Marking József Liszka’s 70th Birthday)
- Author(s):Csilla Schell
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Societal Essay
- Page Range:500-500
- No. of Pages:1
- Summary/Abstract:A brief letter of greeting in which the author recalls their professional relationship.
