Grin Igor: Jafi meseországban. Lakatos János sarkadi cigány népmeséi (A Békés Megyei Múzeumok Közleményei 27. Békéscsaba, 2000)

and makes perceptible what a creative energy is invloved in the cultural assets of the ethnic small communities living in symbiosis. The today seventy eight-year-old tale-teller - who consciously compares himself with Christian Andersen to the great Danish tale-teller - was for several decades the entertainer of the Gypsy small community of Sarkad. As an organizer (or as he liked to call himself the „main contractor, independent foreman") of seasonal works - that provided job opportunity for his fellows - he gained immense experience in the tale-telling, and during that he made use of his tale editing knowledge learned by close observation from his both teachers of Gypsy and Hungarian nationality. The bests of his tale works, as the result of a patience requiring collecting work lasting for one decade and a half, is offered now for the readers. Igor Grin 38