The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1984 (11. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1984-06-01 / 6. szám
The Carpathians: the “Eternal” Frontiers No mountain range in Europe — or perhaps the world — has played as important a role in a nation’s history as have the Carpathian Mountains in the history of Hungary. The Magyars have had a permanent political love affair with the Carpathians, comforted, as they have been, by the protective embrace of these mountains for a thousand years. If we look at a relief map of Europe, the outlines of the Carpathian Basin stand out quite distinctly. It is formed by ranges of interlocking mountains in a stately three-quarter ellipse. The great arc Of the Carpathians stretches for about a thousand miles, and the territory it embraces covers some 135,000 square miles, encompassing several subregions, including the Great Hungarian Plain, Transdanubia, the Northern Highlands (present-day Slovakia), the Eastern and Southern Carpathians and the Transylvanian Basin. The range is from 50 to 120 miles wide-, it has about 40 passes, the most famous being the Vereczke Pass through which the main body of conquering Magyars lead by Árpád entered in 895 A.D. to settle the Carpathian Basin. Before them, neither the Romans nor the Huns, nor the Avars, nor Emperor Charlemagne himself had been THE SPIRIT OF HUNGARY A Panorama of Hungarian History and Culture — by — Stephen Sisa ) Published (1983) by the Rákóczi Foundation, P.O. Box 2727, Cleveland, Ohio It bili; and P.O. Box 67, Station “I”, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6E-b Yb- Price: $25.00 continued from page 4 Those attending the banquet were entertained by the Magyar Folk Dancers, Inc., of McKeesport, PA. Present were: Mrs. Elizabeth E. Király, co-ordinator; dancers Tammy Zsemko, Ricky Heyz, Malvene Heyz, Beth Ann Petras, Sandy Zsemko JUNE, 1984 (secretary) and Ernest Zsemko (trustee). The Dance Group has about 40 dancers from children to adults. They meet every Saturday evening at 7 o’clock at the McKeesport Hungarian Club. On Monday a short discussion was held on the Eighth Hungarian Tribe magazine. Mr. Pulitzer told of how they have initiated their program in New Jersey. This could be followed in other parts of the country. Mr. Korponay assured the editor that a Canadian Section will begin as soon as possible. Mr. Endre Haraszti, who is already a columnist for the paper, promised his help in the Canadian work. l> 'aye 5
