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Raba Region Days in Szakonyfalu Szakonyfalu, 26.05.2007 On this Saturday, the Slovenes from the Porabje in
Szakonyfalu (Sakalovci) celebrated the Raba Region days (Porabski Dnevi).
This festive event offered the Hungarian Slovenes from near and far to get
together and discuss. The formal opening of the festivities consisted of the
honour of two personalities who have contributed a great deal of their time
and energy for the Slovene Raba Region in the recent past and in the present.
The president of the Slovenes in Hungary, Mr József
Hirnök, thanked both Mrs Erzsébet Kovács, a teacher, who
has been promoting the preservation and teaching of the folkloric dance in
the Slovene Raba Region for years and the cantor and organist Mr János
Oreovecz, who has been serving the church in Apátistvánfalva
(Števanovci) for almost all his life and who dedicates to the
preservation of beautiful Slovene church hymns. The folklore group from
Szakonyfalu, who were dressed in their traditional white and blue garbs,
entertained the audience with regional Slovene dances. Afterwards, a young
couple danced catchy Latin-American rhythms, and following their performance,
the vocalist Maja Sener filled the audience with enthusiasm by singing
Slovene songs from the Mura Region. Also the culinary offer, consisting of
hearty home-made food, was worth noticing. The jocund atmosphere motivated
the people from the neighbouring villages to go to Szakonyfalu, and people
were laughing, singing and dancing the whole day long. The “Porabski
Dnevi” were an eventful celebration offering a programme for both the
young and the old . Pictures Tibor Horvat / Joël
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