Sógor: the language and culture of the Csángós represents unique value for Europe
DAHR’s MEP Csaba Sógor presented the soon to be published volume about the Csángós entitled „We like to live here” at the 9th Csángó Day organized by the Council of Harghita County and the Harghita County Cultural Center on the 14th of november 2010.
The volume is being published on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Association of Csángó Hungarians in Moldavia and the tenth anniversary of the 1521/2001 Recommendation of the Council of Europe that refers to the protection of the Csángó minority’s culture.
Currently in preparation, the volume will be published in three languages (Hungarian, Romanian and English) defined by informative and synthetical characteristic. The volume was prepared for European readers in general, but is a useful handbook for everyone showing interest towards the situation and culture of the Csángó-Hungarian community in Moldavia. The opening study of the volume, intended for „European” reading was written by Ferenc Pozsony, professor of ethnography at the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania. The report the Recommendation was based upon was prepared by Fnnish politician Tytti Maria Isohookana-Asunmaa, former Minister of Culture. This is followed by the 1521/2001 Recommendation of the Council of Europe.
Answering Csaba Sógor’s request, Gabriel Andreescu, president of the Romanian Center for International Studies and Smaranda Enache, co-president of the Pro Europa League contributed to the re-publication of their report on the situation of the Csángós from 2001. They’ve also prepared a new study on the same issue.
The work of the two human rights activists was aided by the cabinet of Education Secretary of State András Király with technical details and statistics.
The illustrations of the volume have been selected out of the archive of the Kríza János Ethnological Society in Cluj Napoca, Romania and the private collection of photographer Gyula Ádám from Miercurea Ciuc.
- It is a European practice to aid endangered cultures because they enrich Europe’s heritage and strengthen the given state’s cultural diversity. The disappearance of a minority is not only a cultural, but an economic loss as well – said Csaba Sógor about the importance of preserving the culture of the Csángó Hungarians.
The Hungarian MEP from Transylvania will present the volume first in Brussels at the spring of 2011, followed by presentations in Transylvania and Moldavia. – The diverse folk art and specific culture of the Csángós represents an exceptional value for Europe, this is why it is important to raise awareness about the existence of this minority in Europe’s capital – explained Csaba Sógor.
Currently in preparation, the volume will be published in three languages (Hungarian, Romanian and English) defined by informative and synthetical characteristic. The volume was prepared for European readers in general, but is a useful handbook for everyone showing interest towards the situation and culture of the Csángó-Hungarian community in Moldavia. The opening study of the volume, intended for „European” reading was written by Ferenc Pozsony, professor of ethnography at the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania. The report the Recommendation was based upon was prepared by Fnnish politician Tytti Maria Isohookana-Asunmaa, former Minister of Culture. This is followed by the 1521/2001 Recommendation of the Council of Europe.
Answering Csaba Sógor’s request, Gabriel Andreescu, president of the Romanian Center for International Studies and Smaranda Enache, co-president of the Pro Europa League contributed to the re-publication of their report on the situation of the Csángós from 2001. They’ve also prepared a new study on the same issue.
The work of the two human rights activists was aided by the cabinet of Education Secretary of State András Király with technical details and statistics.
The illustrations of the volume have been selected out of the archive of the Kríza János Ethnological Society in Cluj Napoca, Romania and the private collection of photographer Gyula Ádám from Miercurea Ciuc.
- It is a European practice to aid endangered cultures because they enrich Europe’s heritage and strengthen the given state’s cultural diversity. The disappearance of a minority is not only a cultural, but an economic loss as well – said Csaba Sógor about the importance of preserving the culture of the Csángó Hungarians.
The Hungarian MEP from Transylvania will present the volume first in Brussels at the spring of 2011, followed by presentations in Transylvania and Moldavia. – The diverse folk art and specific culture of the Csángós represents an exceptional value for Europe, this is why it is important to raise awareness about the existence of this minority in Europe’s capital – explained Csaba Sógor.
