43rd National Táncház Festival & Fair • 5–7 April 2024
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Őstánc (ancestral dance) was the name of a concert held at the Pesti Vigadó theatre in Budapest on November 22, 2003. Ökrös Csaba – violin / Kobza Vajk – koboz with members of the Bekecs and Kecskés bands „...Through ancient rhythm and from the heart, the Hungarian spirit charms new growth onto the branches of the Hungarian tree of life (family tree). The ancestral dance is new growth; now after centuries of storms the tree can breathe again.” (statement of Kozma Vajk and fellow musicians) Report by Záhonyi András