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A nagyabonyi czigányok – II. rész
- Issue: 2024/2
- Starting page: 38
- Serie: Tallózó
- Author: Kincs István
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Continued from folkMAGazin 2024/1 – Two more chapters from an old tale of Gypsy musicians from Nagyabony/Veľké Blahovo (today’s Slovakia) and a colony of Hungarian Hussars in the Czech town of Pardubitz/Pardubice. It took two more letters to convince the Gypsy musicians to go to Pardubitz to cheer up the homesick Hungarian Hussar regiment. When the band of Gypsies arrived the Hussars shed tears of happiness and even their horses were dancing in celebration. However Pardubitz already had a brass band that served the town’s musical needs. A stand-off between the Gypsy musicians and the brass band occured during an event. The Gypsy musicians won-over the crowd and the city began to truely accept them. However, just as they were hired to play at the city’s best coffee house – the Gypsy musicians suddenly went back to their home village of Nagyabony. By Kincs István (1867–1942) priest, journalist, children’s writer: lived in Western Hungary.