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Somogy, the treasury

of Hungary

Somogyland is considered by both the ethnographic tary school, which no eighth-grader girl can leave with-
studies and the domestic public opinion as the old trea- out having mastered the secret of making beaten lace. Th e

sury of Hungary. The legacy of our predecessors is still white mourning of Csököly is considered to be a unique
nurtured and passed on by our famous folk artists, folk costume even in the world, and a complete outfit is dif-

craftsmen, and communities. The Buzsák embroidery, ficult to find today. Karád, the home of white embroidery,

with numerous stitching techniques, is famous far and has long been known in Hungarian folk art. Th e typical
wide. Its characteristic colours and wealth of motifs, the motifs were originally only used to decorate men’s shirts

“vézás” (filled-in pre-drawn motifs), the witchy (requir- made of white linen; however, the distinctive design also
ing the skills of a witch) and the applique, still appear on appears on other household and decorative items today.
the textiles today, because the local embroidering women The village, where Zoltán Kodály and Béla Vikár were also

did not let this branch of the folk art be lost. Buzsák and collecting, is a great example of how, in addition to the
embroidery have long been linked in the minds of people, embroidery, the songs and the dances of our ancestors can
and if anyone visits this village, they can still fi nd hard- be preserved, as the folk songs and the dances of Karád
working women with needles. The production of beaten are still part of the Hungarian “folklore treasury”. Somogy’s

lace, originating in Flanders, has been established in Bala- Europa Nostra award-winning ethnographic open-air col-
tonendréd for more than a century. Th e handicraft , which lection is found in Szenna, which shows the visitors the
requires extraordinary skills, enriches the cultural heritage folk architecture and the interior design of Inner Somogy
of Somogyland with its wealth of forms. Breathtakingly and the River Dráva.
delicate lace miracles are created already in the elemen-
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