MOGY. A Vessel of Ritual in Post-socialist Hungary

Authors

  • István Povedák Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Szeged, 6722 Szeged, Hungary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2012410113

Keywords:

national identity, bricolage religiosity, patriotism, invented tradition // narodna identiteta, brikolažna religioznost, patriotizem, izumljena tradicija

Abstract

During the last five years, the calendar of Hungarian festivals has turned upside down. Along with the well-known rock festivals for the young (e.g., the Sziget festival), attended by hundreds of thousands every summer, a new type of cultural festival is gaining tremendous popularity in Hungary. The National Assembly of Hungarians (MOGY) is a patriotic/nationalist three-day event that attracts every segment of the Hungarian population, from teenagers to older generations.

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V zadnjih petih letih se je koledar madžarskih festivalov obrnil na glavo. Skupaj z znanimi rokerskimi festivali za mlade, npr. »Sziget«, ki vsako poletje privabljajo tisoče, na Madžarskem postaja izredno priljubljen tudi nov tip kulturnega festivala. »Nacionalno združenje Madžarov« (MOGY) je patriotski/nacionalističen tridnevni dogodek, ki privablja vse segmente madžarske populacije, od najstnikov do starejših generacij.

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Published

12.10.2012

How to Cite

Povedák, I. (2012). MOGY. A Vessel of Ritual in Post-socialist Hungary. Traditiones, 41(1), 147–158. https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2012410113

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 1 (2012): RITUAL YEAR 7 / RITUALNO LETO 7

Section

Co-designing Performances, Co-designing Heritages / So-oblikovanje uprizoritev, so-oblikovanje dediščin

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