Barna Gábor szerk.: Társadalom, kultúra, természet. Tanulmányok a 60 éves Bellon Tibor tiszteletére – A Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Megyei Múzeumok közleményei 57. (2001)

A Jászkunság műveltsége és társadalma - Bathó Edit: Élet a jászsági istállókban

104 Bathó Edit Edit Bathó LIFE IN THE STABLES OF JÁSZSÁG (JAZYGIA) In the beginning of the 13th century along with the Cumanians (Turkish origin people) arrived the Jazygians (Iranian origin people) intő the Zagyva Basin by the Mountain Mátra. Animál keeping played an important role in the Jazygian agriculture and was one of the source of their livelihood. From the second half of the 18th century the pasture lands significantly decreased which resulted in a switch-over to stabling animál keeping. This change transhaped the structure of the Jazygian settlements. The living houses with small estates were located in the centre of the settlement around the church in crowded disorder and in the outer area the farm-yards were the stage of agriculture. The stable was the most important building on the farm-yards where they not only kept the cattle but it was the permanent residence for men. Besides working on the fíelds this was one of the most important stage of communal life (meetings, entertainment, recreation) for men from their childhood till their death. Farming became more and more important in the agriculture of Jazygia from the second half of the 18th century. Consequently the centre of agriculture gradually shifted over from the farm-yards to the farmsteads built on the edge of the ploughlands. The stables on the farmsteads remained to be the centre of communal life. Men met here, they held dances, celebrated engagements and weddings. They accomondated the guests from a great distance (chapmans, pilgrims) here. Due to the shift in peasant farming this significance of the stables discontinued by the minddle of the 20th century.