43rd National Táncház Festival & Fair • 5–7 April 2024
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Kóka Rózália’s column: Stories from life in old Bukovina. A description of the Christmas tradition known as “Csobányozás” referring to the custom of going from house to house performing a pageant play telling the story of Bethlehem – as done by the Székely Hungarians in the Bukovina village of Istensegíts/Țibeni sometime before WWII. The priest, cantor and other leading men of the village would meet in November to plan who would take what part in the play. They looked for upstanding young men with ‘no black marks in their life’ and good singing voices, and an unmarried girl for the part of Virgin Mary. By Lőrincz Gergely.