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KUTATÁSI BESZÁMOLÓK - BODNÁR MÓNIKA: Ünnepi szokások egy elmagyarosodott, ruszin telepítésű faluban a mai Szlovákia területén

ABSTRACT FESTIVE TRADITIONS IN A VILLAGE WITH A MAGYARIZED POPULATION OF RUTHENIAN ORIGIN ON THE TERRITORY OF CONTEMPORARY SLOVAKIA Monika Bodnár The examined settlement Horváti is in the formerly Hungarian Torna county, today on the territory of Slovakia in the district of the Kassa-region (Kosice) right next to the Hungarian border. On the former Keglevich-estate, Greek Catholic Ruthenes were settled in the middle of the 18th century. But at the same time a few Hungarian Roman Catholic families arrived in the village as well. In addition to the newcomers (Hospes), there were numerous Greek Catholics among those who had already been living there before (Inquilinus). Consequently, it is obvious that all of the Greek Catholics among those who had already been living there before (Inquilinus). Consequently, it is obvious that all of the Greek Catholics population of Horváti did not settle there at the same time and, by the time of the church census in 1764, those who had arrived earlier were considered as autochthonous and indigenous. Or is it possible that originally the village was populated by Greek Catholics and the newcomers settled among people of the same religion? It is not my task to answer such questions since these can only be answered by a thorough historical research. By the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, considering its language, the population of the village perfectly assimilated into the surrounding settlements; the most recent ethnographic works also refer to it as a Hungarian village. The population consider themselves Hungarians, although the older people in the village are still aware that their ancestors were "Tots" (Slovakians). For a casual observer, the village does not differ from other Hungarian settlements in the neighbourhood, only the Greek Catholic church may signal some difference. In addition to religion, festive traditions connected with holidays are those elements which communities preserve for the longest time - even in a foreign environment. I shall attempt to collect and describe these in order to contribute to the research on the origins of the population. 161