Yesterday, on the initiative of the House of Traditions, Verbunk Day was organized for the first time in the Carpathian Basin. Thus, from Kapuvár to Székelyudvarhely, from Felvidék to Sárköz, hundreds of dancers danced the verbunk dances of different regions at the same time.
The Cultural Center hosted the gala program in Székelyudvarhely. the report of szekelyhon.ro , it was revealed that the famous Sára Ferenc and his group, the Pipacsok Folk Dance Ensemble, Tibor Feketelaki and Melinda Székely, the Ördögborda Folk Dance Ensemble, Csaba Farkas and Magdi Kásler, and the hosts, the Udvarhely Folk Dance Workshop, gave a taste of the verbunks of the various regions of Transylvania .
Photo: László Beliczay
On the topic of the initiative, it is worth recalling that the verbunk Hungarian music genre, which originated in the 18th was formed in the second half of the century. The German word Werbung means recruitment , and the purpose of recruiting combined with dance was to recruit Hungarian peasant boys for military service.
During the time of Mária Theresa, the music required for recruitment was mainly provided by a brass band, but this was foreign to the Hungarians, which is why the gypsy musicians got into verbunk music. Around 1770–80, verbunk music began to move from the gypsies to educated musicians. The last recruitment was held in 1848, after which the genre began to transform: it became gentler and more atmospheric. It was during this time that the inn and the palace were created. (poor people went to the tavern, and the rich went to the palaces). The origin of both is verbunkos.
