43rd National Táncház Festival & Fair • 5–7 April 2024
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Starting page: 16
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Traditional singer and dancer Mrs.Holecz István, Kanyó Margit, was born in the village of Rimóc (in the Palóc region of Northern Hungary) on May 4, 1945. She married there and has always lived there. She is a “Master of Folk Arts” – a national recognition of her natural talent as traditional singer and dancer. She has been performing with the Rimóc women’s chorus singing the local folk songs since 1970, has actively collected songs in her village and leads the local tradition preserving dance group there. Here she tells the story of her childhood, growing up in the traditional culture of her village and about how she always loved to sing and dance. As told to Kóka Rozália.