The capital of Europe celebrated March the 15th with Transylvanian dances
On the occasion of the National Day of Hungary, DAHR’s MEP Csaba Sógor has organized another successful series of cultural events, this time with the collaboration of the Maros Artistic Ensemble. At the initiative of the Hungarian MEP from Transylvania the Hungarian Wave Public and Cultural Society, the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Brussels and the Representative Office of the Baden-Württemberg Region organized an event in commemoration of the Hungarian revolution of 1848-49 on the 14th of March.
As the guest of the event, Nicola Schelling, director of the Representative Office of the Baden-Württemberg Region greeted Romanian Minister of Environment and Forests, László Borbély and other distinguished guests.
Commemorative speeches were delivered by MEP Csaba Sógor, Zoltán Hernyes, Hungary’s Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg and Zsolt Németh, Hungarian Foreign Affairs State Secretarz. The Maros Artistic Ensemble presented dances from the Küküllő, Maros and Kalotaszeg regions of Transylvania. The dynamic choreography and the outstanding artistic performance were rewarded with applause and recall by the international audience.
At the request of the Hungarian MEP from Transylvania the Maros Artistic Ensemble also performed the next day in the European Parliament with a show specially compiled for the occasion. On this occasion, the decision makers and staff of the EP has a chance to view dances from Grindeni, Voivodeni and Mãdãraş.
In his speech at the event, Csaba Sógor emphasized the importance of raising awareness about and protecting national minorities’ values. Here follows the MEP’s speech:
„We are gathered here to commemorate the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-49. 1848 – this date can also be found on the carpet in front of the entrance into the building of the Council of the European Union, a gift of the Hungarian Presidency. 1848 is one of the most important moments of out history. Alongside Poles, Serbians, Austrians, Romanians, Armenians, Jews, us Hungarians, we have fought for one year and a half for Hungary’s freedom, for the freedom of the nations that lived there. With the words of our poet Sándor Petőfi: for world freedom. How was this possible? The revolution of swords and human sacrifice was preceded by a revolution of law and letter. The Constitution of April made the formation of modern Hungarian state possible and the youth of March 1848 proclaimed their 12 Points about their perception of freedom and freedom of speech.
Today we commemorate with Transylvanian dances. They express our strive for freedom, our fraternity, our solidarity in an international language. Why Transylvanian? Because in 1848 we fought for these same ideals in our homeland. We can only implement revolutionary change in our common Europe today, if we are guided by the freedom of law and letter, the freedom of speech and of the constitution in fulfilling the ideals of 1848, the ideals of European solidarity.”
Commemorative speeches were delivered by MEP Csaba Sógor, Zoltán Hernyes, Hungary’s Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg and Zsolt Németh, Hungarian Foreign Affairs State Secretarz. The Maros Artistic Ensemble presented dances from the Küküllő, Maros and Kalotaszeg regions of Transylvania. The dynamic choreography and the outstanding artistic performance were rewarded with applause and recall by the international audience.
At the request of the Hungarian MEP from Transylvania the Maros Artistic Ensemble also performed the next day in the European Parliament with a show specially compiled for the occasion. On this occasion, the decision makers and staff of the EP has a chance to view dances from Grindeni, Voivodeni and Mãdãraş.
In his speech at the event, Csaba Sógor emphasized the importance of raising awareness about and protecting national minorities’ values. Here follows the MEP’s speech:
„We are gathered here to commemorate the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-49. 1848 – this date can also be found on the carpet in front of the entrance into the building of the Council of the European Union, a gift of the Hungarian Presidency. 1848 is one of the most important moments of out history. Alongside Poles, Serbians, Austrians, Romanians, Armenians, Jews, us Hungarians, we have fought for one year and a half for Hungary’s freedom, for the freedom of the nations that lived there. With the words of our poet Sándor Petőfi: for world freedom. How was this possible? The revolution of swords and human sacrifice was preceded by a revolution of law and letter. The Constitution of April made the formation of modern Hungarian state possible and the youth of March 1848 proclaimed their 12 Points about their perception of freedom and freedom of speech.
Today we commemorate with Transylvanian dances. They express our strive for freedom, our fraternity, our solidarity in an international language. Why Transylvanian? Because in 1848 we fought for these same ideals in our homeland. We can only implement revolutionary change in our common Europe today, if we are guided by the freedom of law and letter, the freedom of speech and of the constitution in fulfilling the ideals of 1848, the ideals of European solidarity.”
