The Hőgyéssi Székely Circle created a community center

The Székely house is located in a 250-year-old building in the center of the settlement, which the association bought in 2018 with the support of the Gábor Bethlen Fund Manager, said István Csöglei, president of the Székely district, to MTI.

In the almost 200-square-meter house, a community space, a dance rehearsal room, an exhibition room, and a clothing warehouse were created, he added.

The history of the Szeklers of Bukovina

Two exhibitions will open at the opening of the house on April 22. In the corridor of the building, the exhibition entitled Emelt fővöl - the material of which comes from the collection of ethnographic camps - will describe the history of the Szeklers of Bukovina from the danger in Madefalv to the return of the ethnic group in 1944. In a separate room, the association's collection of objects is displayed to the public, mostly original costumes, furniture - a bed, a cradle - as well as photos, repatriation and naturalization documents from the Szeklers of Héggyész. In one of the annexes of the Székely house, household items are exhibited.

The president said that the Székely Circle of Hőgyész was founded in 1998 and currently has 52 members. The 50-member Bokréta dance group, which operates within the association, won the Muharay Elemér Folk Art Association award for its Bukovina choreographies, among other things.

The Szeklers of Bukovina were settled in Bácská in 1941 based on the Hungarian-Romanian agreement, from where they fled to Hungary in 1944. In 1945, they found a new home in Tolna, Baranya and Bács-Kiskun, partly in the place of the displaced Germans. About 90 Székely families settled in Hőgyész.

MTI

Source of the featured image: The official Facebook page of the Bokréta Folk Dance group of Hőgyéssi Székely Circle