A Hungarian house bought and renovated with the support of the Hungarian state was inaugurated on Sunday at Nagypatak in Csangóföld.

In the village of Forrófalva in Bákó county, which is integrated with Forrófalva, the traveling group of the Hungarian People's College Collegium (MNC) bought a traditional csángó house in 2018, which was renovated while preserving its original form and made available to the Forrófalvi Spring Wind Association, which was formed from the csángó Hungarians of Forrófalva and Nagypatak. The building with a usable area of ​​100 square meters, including the cellar, has been in possession of the traditional preservation association for more than half a year, but its official inauguration was held only on Sunday.

In his speech at the ceremony, Péter Szilágyi, the Deputy State Secretary of the National Policy State Secretariat of the Prime Minister's Office, wished all members of the community to feel that the house is theirs, to feel at home in this house, and to set an example for the surrounding villages.

He mentioned:

the Hungarian government pays special attention to strengthening and supporting the Hungarian communities living in the diaspora, and the past decade has proven that there is no irreversible process. "We will not give up on any Hungarian community, every Hungarian matters, whether they live across the sea or on the outskirts of Moldova"

he declared.

The deputy state secretary also reminded that János Petrás Incze XIX was born in Forrófalva. century Minorite monk, who served his people not only within the ecclesiastical framework, but also by collecting the folk poetry treasures of the Moldavian Csangós. He believed that János Petrás Incze could not have fulfilled his mission if he had not had helpers and supporters in the local community. He added: the help and support was also needed now to strengthen determination, increase endurance, steel the will.

The renovated Csángó Hungarian house Felix Mariut , a Moldavian Roman Catholic priest who also said Mass in Hungarian for the Csángós, and István Csűry , the reformed bishop of Kárályhágómelek who resigned not long ago.

At the ceremony, the message written on this occasion to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and László Kövér, President of the Parliament, was also read out.

Cristina Ciuraru-Pal , the social democratic mayor of Forrófalva, began her speech in Hungarian, then switched to Romanian

In the Moldavian village of Forrófalva, the number of Roman Catholics who speak Hungarian at some level is estimated at 650-700.

MTI

Photo: MTI/Kátai Edit