Henrietta Vadas

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    Zsuzsa Enikő Kocsis and her husband after the wedding ceremony in their traditional folk attire

    “On our wedding almost everyone wore the traditional folk costume” – interview with a native girl from Szék, Romania

    A native of the village of Szék (Sic) in Transylvania, she is passionate about the traditions and costumes of her native people. She organized...
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    98-year -old Sára Komárominé Vojna in her humble home

    “As a maid, I knew every nook and cranny of the Habsburg castle in Alcsút” – the story of 98-year-old Sári néni

    Sára Komárominé Vojna, or Sári néni , was born on 1 November 1925 in Alcsút, where she grew up as the fourth child in...
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    István Gáborecz with an eagle carved from ice

    Hungary's only active ice sculptor who is also a chainsaw woodcarver – "We've even carved an ice carriage that you could sit in"

    István Gáborecz, who is originally from Transcarpathia, initially wanted to become a painter, but his application form was mixed up during the admission procedure...
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    Flóra Béry-Januskó with her son, Ábris

    “I saw my child lying on a table, covered with a sheet” – The story of Flóra Béry-Januskó and her little son with SMA

    "As a senior in high school, I was diagnosed with a gynecological condition that gave me very little chance of ever getting pregnant naturally...
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    Dyed easter eggs

    "Painting eggs was love at first sight" –Ildikó Fekete decorates eggs under the spell of angles and symmetries

    Ildikó Fekete was captivated by the art of wax-dyed eggs from a very young age: she has been making them since she was 16...