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„Vágóson vagy pattogóson”
A nagyecsedi oláh cigányok tánchagyománya – I.
Information was collected for this study in the first half of the 1980s, when the author was a starting ethnographer and avid folk dancer.
She begins by describing how Gypsy families lived in that period.
Men worked in construction in Budapest during the week, travelling home to Nagyecsed on the weekends.
Women stayed home with the children, did housework, and visited with the neighbor women.
Dancing occurred at any time and anywhere – and also on the weekends when the men came home from working in the city, at family events and celebrations.
They danced at home, in their courtyards in good weather, or inside their homes.
Folks gathered together and sang “listening songs,” which slowly gave over to the dance tunes and dance.
In this region, the Roma danced to their own singing and “mouth music”; no band was needed.
Includes notes and sources.
She begins by describing how Gypsy families lived in that period.
Men worked in construction in Budapest during the week, travelling home to Nagyecsed on the weekends.
Women stayed home with the children, did housework, and visited with the neighbor women.
Dancing occurred at any time and anywhere – and also on the weekends when the men came home from working in the city, at family events and celebrations.
They danced at home, in their courtyards in good weather, or inside their homes.
Folks gathered together and sang “listening songs,” which slowly gave over to the dance tunes and dance.
In this region, the Roma danced to their own singing and “mouth music”; no band was needed.
Includes notes and sources.