44th National Táncház Festival & Fair • 4–6 April 2025
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Mikecs László and the Hungarians outside of the Carpathian Basin. Mikecs was born in 1917 in the village of Bihardiószeg/Diosig, on the Hungarian-Romanian border in Romania’s Bihar County. He died a prisoner of war in a camp in Taganrog, Russia, on December 4, 1944. He was a teacher, historian, ethnographer and linguist. This study examines his short life, life-work, writings and publications. Mikecs was interested in relations between Hungarians and Romanians and, "…felt it important to stand up decisively against chauvinism and nationalism." One of the books he wrote was on Csángó Hungarians and other Hungarians outside of the Carpathian Basin. By Tampu Krisztián.