Csatlós Judit (szerk.): Vízizrí. Munkáskultúra a Duna partján - Életmód és társadalmi mozgalmak a modernitásban 2. (Budapest, 2016)

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Dictionary Colony Dictionary kolkaja: collective kitchen. People shared their food, and even people with nothing to contribute were allowed to eat. Krone: tent that held twenty people. The name came from Europe's largest circus, which came to Buda­pest in 1930. kultúrkaja [culture food]: delicacies, lecsurgás [trickling down]: boats chained together or made into a raft to float down the Danube. Pörkölde [roaster]: the main commu­nity space of the Colony, the sandy beach. propaganda: had a more general sense of „advertising" at that time, besides political propaganda, tető [„roof']: a big canopy beside the common tents where people gath­ered on Saturday evening. ticket exchange: people often took their friends home in their boats on Sunday evening, setting off an exchange in return tickets for trains and ferries. törvényszék [„law court"]: drama game. Well-known right-wing politi­cians were the accused at a fictional trial. The game helped participants to sharpen their awareness, critical skills, and powers of argument, turi (=turista): rambler. Frequently incorporated into other words - turi- house, turi-feast, turi-comrade. etc. volé: volleyball. Played with a simple stretched rope instead of a net. Intro­duced by students who had studied in Brno (Brünn), zrí: A carnival-like event where people in the colony performed improvised scenes inspired by cur­rent political events and community life. The word is derived from „water" (viz) and zri, coined by poet Ödön Palasovszky and roughly meaning „unfettered rebellious force".

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