Despite any difficulties, we are united by our common culture, common history, common mother tongue and customs - János Árpád Potápi said on Saturday in Torockó in his welcome speech on the occasion of the Danube Day.
The State Secretary for National Policy of the Prime Minister's Office recalled: 13 years ago, the Hungarian Parliament decided - after the law on dual citizenship - that June 4 would not only be a day of mourning commemorating the Trianon peace decree, but also a day of national unity.
"The parliamentary decision was preceded by long debates, but they thought that an opportunity should be given to remember not only the years and centuries with mournful memories, but also Trianon and the peace treaty, which at the time seemed to break the history of our nation. They wanted to remember the successful stories of the past centuries and the 103 years that have passed since then, to give hope to the young people of the 21st century, so that they too can live the experience of national unity in their physical reality, the experience that can only be found here, in Transylvania, in the Highlands , you can live in Subcarpathia or in the South Region." said János Árpád Potápi.
We should not be characterized by our disunity, but by the fact that, despite any difficulties, we are united by our common culture, our common history, our common mother tongue, our customs and, since 2014, the fact that we are here together in Torocko on the occasion of the National Unity Day.
The State Secretary congratulated the decision that the Danube Day was extended to a three-day series of events this year and that participants came from the isolated parts of the Carpathian Basin, and there was an opportunity for everyone to introduce themselves.
János Árpád Potápi put it this way: the Carpathian Basin, the cultural capital of the Hungarian nation, became Torockó this weekend.
Anita Altorjai, CEO of Duna Médiaszolgáltat Zrt., said that if Balázs Orbán, Artúr Görgey or Sándor Petőfi were here with us centuries ago, they would be proud, because we did not let the cause of Hungarians go to waste.
They would be proud, because even the often terrible difficulties and obstacles that made everyday life miserable in the past centuries could not separate the Hungarians.
"Because since 2010, remembering Trianon, we don't worry about what separates us, but we weave the threads that connect us ever closer. We Hungarians - no matter where we live in the world - we have the same roots, we share a common past, and we also have a common future. Because we belong together, and as long as we don't forget our roots, traditions, language and stories, we will have a future, we will have a common future," said the CEO.
Since 2014, the Danube Day has been held on the weekend associated with the day of national unity on June 4 in the Europa Nostra award-winning city of Torocko. In addition to the motherland and Transylvania, this year's event, which was extended to three days, also brought performers and participants from the Southern Region, Őrvidék, Felvidék, and Transcarpathia.
Gergő Baricz, Attila Dolhai, Zoltán Miller and Ildikó Keresztes performed at the Saturday evening solidarity concert, and the celebration ended with fireworks and a performance by the Csík Orchestra, the latter accompanied by the Szent Efrém Male Choir.
MTI
