SZELKER-HUNGARIAN RUNES : 7000 YEAR OLDS WRITING

CHICORA VOICES CONCERT : THREE HUNGARIAN FOLK SONGS

HUNGARIAN MUMMIES DNA MAY SOLVE RIDDLE OF TB

EXCERPT FROM ABC RADIO SCIENCE SHOW ABC RADIO: Ancient DNA specialist, Mark Spigelman, biopsied 176 Hungarian mummies  link here!

EXCERPT: "What I did note was that every one of them was in a coffin made of pine and lying on a bed of pine shavings, and there is a turpinoid type material in the pine which can act as an antibacterial...This is a wonderful group, totally untried, no antibiotics, not AIDS, no nothing - the only significant reason why one member gets TB and the other one doesn't, it's strongly possible that it's due to genetic differences.

SONOMA WINEMAKER AGOSTON HARASZTHY FOCUS OF HUNGARIAN MTV FILM

HUNGARIAN TV VISITS SONOMA CALIFORNIA WINE COUNTRY - SPECIAL FILM link

"The crew from Hungary's national channel "MTV" was filming a documentary on Agoston Haraszthy, the winery's founder. The channel is not to be confused with the American "MTV" music channel, Judit Koltai, one of the crew, explained...."

PREMIER MTV HOME LINK - HUNGARIAN

"Koltai said the documentary will be called "Hungarian World Star—Portrait of Count Agoston Haraszthy...

Haraszthy was a Hungarian immigrant, who established the winery in 1857. The location is a State Historic Landmark, considered the oldest premier winery in California. Haraszthy is known as the father of the California wine industry, having brought vines back from Europe to plant here...

The documentary is due to air on TV on March 15. It will likely appear on the TV channel's website after that, so anyone in the world can see it via the Internet, Koltai said."

If anyone can lead me to the link for the show, I'll be glad to post that.  I haven't found it yet myself!

THE HUNGARIAN PROBLEM : THE TRIANON TREATY

In the United States, so many of us are of mixed ethnicity/ancestry that is isn't always easy for us to understand the problem of being an ethnic (European) minority in Europe.  We have the problem of being an ethnic minority in the United States that is not well understood or respected.

A WORLD HERITAGE SITE : HOLLOKO HUNGARY : PALOC ETHNIC GROUP

 pronounced Ho-low-koo, meaning raven stone.
https://holloko.hu/  Updated web site link Dec 2023

HOLLOKO VILLAGE - IN HUNGARIAN AND ENGLISH

EXCERPT: Hollókö is the treasure of Palócland, and it presents the uniform Palóc style of architecture in an intact form. The most precious part of the village is the central area with 58 protected buildings, which preserves masterpieces of 17th century vernacular architecture.

The local ethnic Palóc people lived in the same houses for several generations. The houses were built on undivided, long and narrow plots, and this style of life remained unchanged for centuries because of the relatively isolated nature of North Hungary. The houses usually have three main parts (front room – porch – bedroom), and they are surrounded by porticos facing the street and the back yard. They were built on top of cellars, which compensate for differences in ground level and give the whole building an image of harmony. On the narrow plots pantries were built next to the houses, while the pigsties and sheds were further back in the yards. Stables for large animals were at the end of the village, in the so called Valley of Stables.

FOWLER MUSEUM LOS ANGELES : SOUTHEASTERN EUROPEAN DRESS EXHIBIT NOT TO BE MISSED

This is a great opportunity for those of you who live in Southern California or who are here to do research for your family history or are going to visit Hollywood.  FOWLER MUSEUM at UCLA is off the tourist trap route, and until July 14, 2013 they have an exhibit you'll want to see. 

This museum is always free, on the UCLA campus which you can get to by bus if you want to avoid the $11 parking fee, and is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon till 5, with Thursdays being open until 8 PM.

RESPLENDENT DRESS FROM SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE features clothing that girls and women spent hundreds - thousands - of hours hand sewing, embroidering, and decorating, so that they could participate in the village dances.  We think of these dances, and these clothes as "costumes," now but they did have a purpose then - Guess what?

EXCERPT :

"Bright red fringe in particular ― a feature originally evolved from the string skirts of the Paleolithic era ― stood out at dances as a symbol of fertility when worn by young women of marriageable age. Today, this dress continues to be worn on festive occasions and by older people in rural areas. In addition, folk festivals featuring dance performances ― popular with both locals and tourists ― have stimulated a revival in the wearing of regional dress. As such, dress, dance and music continue to be a mainstay of life for many."

OK, if you were walking down a street in the Old Country you could tell what ethnic group and class another person was by their dress.  Like in India today; women wear saris that identify them.

EXCERPT:

"Resplendent Dress From Southeastern Europe" features 50 stunning 19th- to 20th-century ensembles from Macedonia, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Serbia, Hungary, the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic, Montenegro and Romania ― nearly all from the Fowler Museum's substantial collection ― plus 100 individual items, including aprons, vests, jackets and robes. To complement the outstanding examples of women's dress, the exhibition also includes several men's garments."

GUARDIAN ANGEL