There are seven parts to this film... Mezokovesd, dancing, marriage in Debrecen, horses in Hortobagy, Kosice, and scenes in the Carpathian Mountains. Those are the mountains which include the recently mentioned Dukla Pass, so important to the wine trade - Galicia into Hungary.
Showing posts with label Hungarian ethnic heritage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hungarian ethnic heritage. Show all posts
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Monday, May 6, 2024
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HUNGARIAN CITY and WHY?
Yes, if you think of an American city as "Hungarian" you can leave that answer....
What cities in Hungary would you recommend to travelers?
Leave a comment!
Friday, July 22, 2022
Saturday, September 28, 2019
THE MYSTERY OF HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE PART 1 by VERDISYOFI
It's a good point: Different Languages are Different WAYS OF THINKING!
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
THE FAMOUS LOVE LOCKS OF BUDAPEST - SZECHENYI CHAIN BRIDGE
NEWSWEEK - LOVE LOCKS MAY BE FORBIDDEN BUT... This article from the 2015 era discusses the love locks of Paris... I understand that due to the collapse of the bridge due to the weight of the locks, they have been removed. (But the collection is beginning again.)
Did you know that the Szechenyi Chain Bridge is also the scene of lovers padlocking it as a symbol of their forever love? The Chain Bridge was the first permanent stone bride connecting Pest and Buda.
Did you know that the Szechenyi Chain Bridge is also the scene of lovers padlocking it as a symbol of their forever love? The Chain Bridge was the first permanent stone bride connecting Pest and Buda.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
THIS BROKE THAT BROKE - AND WATER NOT FROM THE TAP
I've just gone through a spate of things breaking. I have a whole list of things I need to take a screwdriver or glue or a hammer to.
We've had some high winds and a lot of broken branches and leaves were all over. Before the gardener was scheduled to come, I decided to take a broom to it, before some passerby threw a match or cigarette into the pile. The broom broke. The head of it came free of the handle.
I went to the store around the corner to fill up my gallon jugs with water at the machine there. (Some people think this is a waste of money. I like to make my tea and coffee with this purified water or spring water. The going rate is currently 30 cents a gallon. A new gallon of spring water "from the source" goes for between 89 cents for the store brand to $1:50 or higher for specific California source brands. There is a Mexican brand that actually used to list the mineral content for about as much for a litter. I recently found it at a Mexican oriented market for $1.59 and there was no longer a list so I have no idea if it is still a mineral water. We also have in the stores the French mineral water, water that comes from Armenia, on occasional Poland or Russia or Israel.)
I was rolling this home when the handle of the wheeled cart broke off. Right in front of my local police officer who patrols on foot. (I could have used a short ride home in the patrol car! Wouldn't my long necked neighbors love that!)
I've been writing some letters and keep paper and envelopes in a small cabinet with two doors. One of the brackets on one of the doors broke off.
Then there is my heavy duty dark brass look metal clothes rack with the shoe rack beneath.
I got this when the pole in the big closet let loose from where it was anchored in the plaster.
I looked at it and it was swayed to one side. (Maybe the old wire hangers are lighter that the plastic?)
I got some new ceramic pots at a garage sale, and had some aside that I bought last fall. Started to replant, and moved my wooden window box down to the ground. It cracked.
I loath throwing anything away without trying to fix it or finding some way to recycle it.
We've had some high winds and a lot of broken branches and leaves were all over. Before the gardener was scheduled to come, I decided to take a broom to it, before some passerby threw a match or cigarette into the pile. The broom broke. The head of it came free of the handle.
I went to the store around the corner to fill up my gallon jugs with water at the machine there. (Some people think this is a waste of money. I like to make my tea and coffee with this purified water or spring water. The going rate is currently 30 cents a gallon. A new gallon of spring water "from the source" goes for between 89 cents for the store brand to $1:50 or higher for specific California source brands. There is a Mexican brand that actually used to list the mineral content for about as much for a litter. I recently found it at a Mexican oriented market for $1.59 and there was no longer a list so I have no idea if it is still a mineral water. We also have in the stores the French mineral water, water that comes from Armenia, on occasional Poland or Russia or Israel.)
I was rolling this home when the handle of the wheeled cart broke off. Right in front of my local police officer who patrols on foot. (I could have used a short ride home in the patrol car! Wouldn't my long necked neighbors love that!)
I've been writing some letters and keep paper and envelopes in a small cabinet with two doors. One of the brackets on one of the doors broke off.
Then there is my heavy duty dark brass look metal clothes rack with the shoe rack beneath.
I got this when the pole in the big closet let loose from where it was anchored in the plaster.
I looked at it and it was swayed to one side. (Maybe the old wire hangers are lighter that the plastic?)
I got some new ceramic pots at a garage sale, and had some aside that I bought last fall. Started to replant, and moved my wooden window box down to the ground. It cracked.
I loath throwing anything away without trying to fix it or finding some way to recycle it.
Monday, August 1, 2016
Thursday, May 12, 2016
PURPLE AND WHITE LILACS in a GREEN VASE ; SYRINGA JOSIKAEA
My search for Hungarian Lilacs turned up information that the plants bloom about 2 weeks after the Lilacs bloom in France. How about this link BACKYARD GARDENER - HUNGARIAN LILACS for more information?
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
SLOW COOKING AMERICAN VERSIONS OF HUNGARIAN INSPIRED FOOD!
SLOW COOKERS, previously known as CROCK POTS, are increasingly popular these days. It's so easy to throw your ingredients in, set a temperature (high or low) and timer (6-8-10 hours) and go off to work or shopping, come home hours later to a ready meal, with the house smelling of wonderful cooked food.
Hey, my dog loves it. On days when I slow cook, upon arriving back home, she doesn't just leap up to say hello to me and wag her tail, she almost attaches herself to my ankle as I go from room to room, making sure that I don't forget about her when it's time to eat. And I do give her a small portion of the meat or vegetables that were cooked. It wouldn't be fair to torture her!
Now there are so very many recipes on the Internet and in cookbooks that I'm not going to give recipes here. I'm just going to tell you about some of my versions of Hungarian food, call it Hungarian-American food, that I've been successful with. Some of this may make you laugh!
Trader Joe's, a chain store, has a spice called 24 Seasonings Salute, and I swear by it. It is the only prepared mix of spices I use. According to their web site, "Trader Joe's 21 Seasoning Salute is a smooth blend of onion, black pepper, celery seed, cayenne pepper, parsley, basil, marjoram, bay leaf, oregano, thyme, savory, rosemary, cumin, mustard, coriander, garlic, carrot, orange peel, tomato, lemon juice and lemon oil. Leave the other spices out and add 21 Seasoning Salute to a vinaigrette, sprinkle some on burgers, steaks, or chicken, before you cook them, or add a dash (or several) to soups, sauces, dips, and even scrambled eggs. Need a quick breakfast idea? Mash a scoop of avocado atop a slice of toast, and sprinkle 21 Seasoning Salute atop the avocado. It's always a good idea to sprinkle the blend into your palm first, and then break up the spices with your fingertips to release their essential oils, delivering the best of all the components. We're selling each 2.2 ounce jar for $1.99, every day."
Remember when you load your crockpot that the heat rises inside of it and so the meat should go ON TOP of all your veggies. Also, how thick you should cut a carrot or potato, and other veggies, may also be about how long you plan to cook. So the longer you'll be gone, the thicker the cut.
TRY THESE COMBINATIONS!
Carrots, onions, sour kraut, pork or beef, and (in the last hour of cooking put on top) egg dumplings with caraway or mustard seeds made by mixing flour, sea salt, seeds, and egg.
Kidney beans, Black Beans, and White Beans, green beans, chicken, and tomato.
Mix oatmeal and flour and sugar or brown sugar. Throw some in the pot. Add cut apples. Or Apricots. Or Pears. Throw some more dry mixture on and around the fruits. Cook on a low setting. Serve hot over vanilla ice-cream or yogurt.
Hey, my dog loves it. On days when I slow cook, upon arriving back home, she doesn't just leap up to say hello to me and wag her tail, she almost attaches herself to my ankle as I go from room to room, making sure that I don't forget about her when it's time to eat. And I do give her a small portion of the meat or vegetables that were cooked. It wouldn't be fair to torture her!
Now there are so very many recipes on the Internet and in cookbooks that I'm not going to give recipes here. I'm just going to tell you about some of my versions of Hungarian food, call it Hungarian-American food, that I've been successful with. Some of this may make you laugh!
Trader Joe's, a chain store, has a spice called 24 Seasonings Salute, and I swear by it. It is the only prepared mix of spices I use. According to their web site, "Trader Joe's 21 Seasoning Salute is a smooth blend of onion, black pepper, celery seed, cayenne pepper, parsley, basil, marjoram, bay leaf, oregano, thyme, savory, rosemary, cumin, mustard, coriander, garlic, carrot, orange peel, tomato, lemon juice and lemon oil. Leave the other spices out and add 21 Seasoning Salute to a vinaigrette, sprinkle some on burgers, steaks, or chicken, before you cook them, or add a dash (or several) to soups, sauces, dips, and even scrambled eggs. Need a quick breakfast idea? Mash a scoop of avocado atop a slice of toast, and sprinkle 21 Seasoning Salute atop the avocado. It's always a good idea to sprinkle the blend into your palm first, and then break up the spices with your fingertips to release their essential oils, delivering the best of all the components. We're selling each 2.2 ounce jar for $1.99, every day."
Remember when you load your crockpot that the heat rises inside of it and so the meat should go ON TOP of all your veggies. Also, how thick you should cut a carrot or potato, and other veggies, may also be about how long you plan to cook. So the longer you'll be gone, the thicker the cut.
TRY THESE COMBINATIONS!
Carrots, onions, sour kraut, pork or beef, and (in the last hour of cooking put on top) egg dumplings with caraway or mustard seeds made by mixing flour, sea salt, seeds, and egg.
Kidney beans, Black Beans, and White Beans, green beans, chicken, and tomato.
Mix oatmeal and flour and sugar or brown sugar. Throw some in the pot. Add cut apples. Or Apricots. Or Pears. Throw some more dry mixture on and around the fruits. Cook on a low setting. Serve hot over vanilla ice-cream or yogurt.
Monday, May 25, 2015
Thursday, May 21, 2015
DO YOU HAVE ONE VIOLIN BOW OF ROMANI (GYPSY) BLOOD?
How Romani are you?
I've met more than one Hungarian who claimed to be part Romani, but in talking to Romani while doing some Canadian Hungarian research, I was told that the two never mixed.
As is the case now, DNA can tell the truth.
I wonder how many people have tried to explain their yellowish or dark without a tan skin, or even skin that tans easily, as mine does, as being part Romani? (The Romani have been determined by DNA research to have been from India originally.)
There are other explanations, of course, such as Jewish, Tartar, Mongolian, Italian, etc., and frankly, while there has been intermarriage, like official marriage, in churches, temples, mosques, and civil, there has also been rape.
I've met more than one Hungarian who claimed to be part Romani, but in talking to Romani while doing some Canadian Hungarian research, I was told that the two never mixed.
As is the case now, DNA can tell the truth.
I wonder how many people have tried to explain their yellowish or dark without a tan skin, or even skin that tans easily, as mine does, as being part Romani? (The Romani have been determined by DNA research to have been from India originally.)
There are other explanations, of course, such as Jewish, Tartar, Mongolian, Italian, etc., and frankly, while there has been intermarriage, like official marriage, in churches, temples, mosques, and civil, there has also been rape.
Monday, May 18, 2015
HAPLOGROUPS - DO YOU AND PRINCE WILLIAM SHARE THE SAME R30B MT DNA or R1B Y?
EUPEDIA.COM HAPLOGROUPS OF EUROPEAN KINGS AND QUEENS check this out!
Tripped across this site which has an impressive list... and I'm thinking HOW DO THEY KNOW? The answer is that direct descendants have been tested when possible. Well, I haven't joined the group, but I thought you might find this interesting. There are no HUNGARIANS on this list and the POLISH Kings and Queens remain a mystery, but there are a lot of Germans, Austrians, and some Romanians.
EXCERPT: Kings of Romania
Ferdinand I (1865-1927) => H (mtDNA)
Michael (1921-) => H (mtDNA)
Tripped across this site which has an impressive list... and I'm thinking HOW DO THEY KNOW? The answer is that direct descendants have been tested when possible. Well, I haven't joined the group, but I thought you might find this interesting. There are no HUNGARIANS on this list and the POLISH Kings and Queens remain a mystery, but there are a lot of Germans, Austrians, and some Romanians.
EXCERPT: Kings of Romania
Ferdinand I (1865-1927) => H (mtDNA)
Michael (1921-) => H (mtDNA)
Saturday, March 21, 2015
FIRST DAY OF SPRING - VINTAGE TULIPS ILLUMINATIONS
Pink tulip, imaginary insect and worm Mira Calligraphiæ Monumenta, inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel ~via Giornale
Found on Google Images under Public Domain Vintage
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
HONGROISE 1787-1788 from the NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY DIGITAL COLLECTION
Original Source: From Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus, accompagnés d'une notice historique sur leurs costumes, moeurs, religions, etc. (Paris : Pavard, 1787-1788) Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, Jacques (1757-1810), Author.
note by me: HONGROISE is French.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
SZEKELEY WOMEN POSTCARD 1903 FROM NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
DIGITAL GALLERY - NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY link for full picture information!
Original Source: From Budapest, the city of the Magyars. (New York : James Pott & Co., 1903) Smith, Frank Berkeley, Author.
Monday, August 25, 2014
HUNGARIAN WOMEN in GENEALOGY RECORDS - A GENEALOGY PRO TIP SERIES HERE AT MAGYAR AMERICAN BLOGSPOT
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
HUNGARIAN + IRISH? HERE'S SOME HISTORY!
MFA GOV - HUNGARIAN-IRISH RELATIONSHIPS EMBASSY OF HUNGARY IN IRELAND
"It is not widely known that Irish Hungarian relations date back to the Middle Ages, a surprising fact even though in those times one can talk about sporadic contacts between individuals rather than inter-state relations. In the 14th and 15th centuries two Hungarian pilgrims visited Saint Patrick's Purgatory at Lough Derg. The accounts of their visions in the Purgatory are exciting document of their times. In the mid 17th century Bishop Walter Lynch of Clonfert fled the Cromwellian troops and after a long journey through the Continent he found refuge at the Diocese of Győr in Hungary. A religious painting he gave to his host is still in the Cathedral of Győr and is respected as an important religious relic..."
"It is not widely known that Irish Hungarian relations date back to the Middle Ages, a surprising fact even though in those times one can talk about sporadic contacts between individuals rather than inter-state relations. In the 14th and 15th centuries two Hungarian pilgrims visited Saint Patrick's Purgatory at Lough Derg. The accounts of their visions in the Purgatory are exciting document of their times. In the mid 17th century Bishop Walter Lynch of Clonfert fled the Cromwellian troops and after a long journey through the Continent he found refuge at the Diocese of Győr in Hungary. A religious painting he gave to his host is still in the Cathedral of Győr and is respected as an important religious relic..."
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
BARDEJOV - A MEDIEVAL TOWN
Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve : SOME EXCERPTS
Bardejov is a small but exceptionally complete and well-preserved example of a fortified medieval town, which typifies the urbanisation in this region. Among other remarkable features, it also contains a small Jewish quarter around a fine 18th-century synagogue."
The Town Hall was built in 1505-9, the first building in Slovakia with Renaissance stone moulding. The public buildings include the late Gothic Humanistic Grammar School, built on the site of a medieval school, modified in Renaissance style and again in classical style. The municipal wine house of the early 15th century was a storehouse for wines from the vicinity of the town and from the Tokai region. The burghers' houses on their deep narrow plots have undergone many modifications as the result of repeated fires. This type of building was introduced by German traders from Silesia in the early 13th century. The Renaissance saw the addition of ornate facades to the two-storey merchants' houses, converting them into luxurious houses. The most significant Jewish element in Bardejov is the Great Synagogue, built in 1725-47. The complex also contains ritual baths, a kosher slaughterhouse and a meeting building, now a school.
From the first quarter of the 18th century, Slovaks and Hassidic Jews came into Bardejov in large numbers. The burghers' houses were rebuilt or modified in keeping with current architectural fashion, a Jewish quarter with a synagogue, slaughterhouse, and ritual baths developed in the north-western suburbs, and new churches and bridges were built.
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