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„Hej, meg kell fonnyad jól...!”
A fűzvessző-fonás hagyományos mestersége a moldvai Pusztinában
- Issue: 2021/1
- Starting page: 37
- Serie: „Hol Moldova és a Szeret orgonálnak völgyekend...” (Lakatos Demeter: Itt születem)
- Author: Halász Péter
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Traditional basket weaving in Hungarian Csángó villages of Moldavia. Baskets in this region were made of various thicknesses of wicker or willow switches. Traditionally the Hungarians in these villages lived mainly from subsistence farming. Often the older members of the extended family who could no longer work in the fields were the ones who wove baskets. This study explains this traditional craft in the village of Pusztina/Pustiana (Romania), the role of basket weaving as a livelihood, collecting and preparing the willow switches (wicker), the basket weaving process, selling baskets, the traditional uses of the many forms of baskets. Today handmade baskets are being pushed out of everyday life by plastic bags and other containers. By Halász Péter.