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The treasures of

Csongrád-Csanád

County

The “Repository of Values of Csongrád-Csanád County”
summarizes our still existing cultural values.
“Szeged slippers have no match!” - as the saying goes. Origi-

nally, no left- or right-foot slippers were produced, because

they adjusted to the feet during wear. The Szeged slippers are
characterized by high heels and the velvet slipper toe embroi-
dered with poppies, wheat, and cornfl owers.
Szeged ground paprika or Szeged paprika is made by
grinding the dried peppers grown from the seeds of a state-
recognized variety produced in the Szeged region, which can
be either sweet or hot.
Kadarka is a wine grape variety cultivated in the Csongrád
wine region for centuries. It is one of the outstanding grape
varieties of the Csongrád region, and the Csongrád wine
made from Kadarka is known beyond the country’s borders,
which also enhances the county’s reputation.

Szentes is one of the famous pottery towns of the Carpathian

Basin, where craftsmen, instead of producing fi red products,
made standing vessels, mainly jugs, from locally extracted
raw materials. As the satisfaction of the needs of the middle
class became more important, the production of black orna-
mental vessels of Szentes (black ceramics) gained ground,
in a process where the ceramics acquire their characteristic
colour during burning.
Th e fur embroidery of Hódmezővásárhely is based on the
oldest method, the so-called furry cushion ends. A renais-

sance effect is seen in the structure of the patterns of the furry

cushion ends. Their basic material is hemp canvas, which is
sewn with the yarn spun from the wool of the Hungarian
racka sheep and dyed with vegetable paints.

Mindszent and Mártély were considered as fishing villages, so
net weaving in these places has a long history. In the 1950s,
almost every second household was engaged in making nets.

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