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Beszélgetés Juhász Katalin néprajzkutatóval, a Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont Néprajztudományi Intézetének munkatársával
- Issue: 2020/3
- Starting page: 7
- Author: Grozdits Károly
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Interview with ethnographer Juhász Katalin. Researcher at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Ethnography, Katalin is regular contributor to folkMAGazin. She tells about her life and career. Born in the town of Gyoma (Eastern Hungary), after completing elementary school, she studied to be a textile industry engineer in Moscow. Upon returning to Hungary she was obliged to work in that industry for 5 years. In the meantime she had learned to play double bass and had gotten involved in the dance house movement. Following her interest in folklore she went to university and got a degree in ethnography. She also play in a band with her bagpipe player/ethnographer husband Szabó Zoltán. Her areas of interest and research have been numerous, amongst them are: Vallon French ballads, children’s rhymes, Christmas customs in Budapest, traditional cuisine, tradition in the community of Csömör, Hungary. By Grozdits Károly.