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West- the Pannonian Plain borders the Danube River, which bisects nation from north to south
East- Trasylvania, a mountanious region in currently in romania |
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| relatively dry climate with cold winters and warm summers. 30 degrees in Jan and 70 in july. rainfall heaviest in summer; snow in winter |
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| Magyar= hungarian. Finno-ugric language; in the Uralic family. Akin to finnish and Mordvin in Siberia. Roman alphabet modified with diacritics. |
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| Prior to WWII it was based on agriculture and what little industry the country had was almost entirely destroyed during the war. after war heavily industrilized, now high tech culture |
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| nomadic people, herding of animals was important to their survival. manifest in their diet which is replete with meat dishes |
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Gulyas-herdmans meat, typical hungarian dish, mad with hungarian paprika
csike paprikas- chicken paprika with hung pap and sour cream |
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traditionally a roman catholic country now:
Roman catholic: 51.9%
calvnist 15.9%
Luteran 3.0%
Unaffliated 14.5% |
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String band music predominates
hegedu-violin/fiddle
hegedu kontra- fiddle hat plays counter
melody
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
also:
Cimbalom
Tekero
Duda (bagpipe)
Utogardon- or hit gardon, a medium sized chello-like instrument that is struck percussively
tarogato-oboe like shawm |
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| Characteristics of Hungarian dance 1 |
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"dance cycle"-consists of
-womens
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characterized by csapos, which are boot slapping, thigh slapping, and hand clapping figures with endless variation. In comps they dance these in unison
- almost always precede the couple dancing. Mens dance, slow couple, fast couple |
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| almost always preformed in a closed circle and danced to the accompaniment of their singing. very old pre christian era. circle dances called Karikazo |
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| -best known for. man leads his partner through many figures that have been established into the traditional vocab. CSARDAS which came from the name from a wayside inn. the men engage in csapos while holding partner |
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Done to music in duple meter. In two parts Lassu (slow) and friss (fast) the dance may ahve descended from earlier dance, the magyar Kor or verbunkos(male military recruiting dance)
-bela bartok, Zoltan Kodaly, Franz Liszt, and Ernst won Dohnanyi used czardas |
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