The prominent annual cultural event of Hungarians in the Washington area was held on Saturday local time.

The all-day cultural event was organized for the third time in Maclean, near Washington, where Hungarian folk music groups from Washington performed, but performers from New Jersey also arrived.

The more than 40-year-old Tisza Dance Ensemble, the Szikra Band, gave a performance, members of the 50-year-old Hungarian scout team in Washington performed, and the folk dancer Bence Hajdú, currently working in Washington through the Sándor Csoma Kőrösi Scholarship Program, gave a performance.

At the Hungarian Heritage Festival organized by the Kossuth Foundation, as usual, the Hungarian Embassy and several diaspora organizations, such as the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation, the American Hungarian Coalition, the Hungarian Foundation's HuGo initiative, which is a mobile application for the Hungarian side of the United States, were present with a stand. collects places.

Péter Szilágyi, Deputy Secretary of State for National Policy at the Prime Minister's Office, gave a welcome address at the event. The politician emphasized to MTI that such events provide an opportunity not only for members of the Hungarian community, but also of the majority nation, to get to know what Hungarians are like. The deputy state secretary pointed out that such an event shows how the Hungarian government's support for the diaspora is put to good use, as resources from Hungary also contribute to its implementation.

Sándor Végh, the president of the organizer Kossuth Foundation, emphasized that every year more and more Americans are interested in Hungarian culture, and Hungarians living in the vicinity of the American capital are also visiting the event in increasing numbers, which already attracted well over a thousand people this year. .

The diaspora leader believed that such a festival can move the diaspora community the most, as evidenced by the growing number of people.

Sándor Végh said about the Kossuth Foundation that he leads: they also undertook to unite the Hungarian organizations around Washington, considering that the foundation is the maintainer of the Kossuth House in downtown Washington, owned by the Hungarian state. The institution hosts many Hungarian programs, and the offices of several Hungarian organizations are also located in the building.

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