44th National Táncház Festival & Fair • 4–6 April 2025
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Székely Traditions – Part 2. The inspiration for this college diploma project towards a degree in the department of education, sociology, and Rom language at the Apor Catholic College in Hungary – has been this student’s desire to explore her own Székely heritage. This section of the paper continues a kind of survey of Székely folk traditions. We read about customs of the late fall and winter seasons: the "fonó" – parties where the village youth once gathered to do their spinning or other handwork, November 25th Katalin name day, November 30th András name day, December 6th Miklós name day, December 13th Luca name day, December 21st Tamás name day, the Advent period, and pig slaughtering (traditionally done between András day and end of carnival). Includes bibliography, list of sources. By Simó Ilona 2024.