Magyar Hírek, 1984 (37. évfolyam, 2-26. szám)
1984-07-21 / 14-15. szám
was still present even in the feverish dreams of the illness that killed him in the foothills of the Himalayas, the home of snow. A life's work between two poles What Csorna achieved has been summed up many times. But the present image of Csorna, what his work has to offer to orientalists today must still be considered. It is evident that Csorna set out on his journey fuelled by mistaken beliefs. Yet his deep commitment to the great cause of scholarship still led him to the highest peaks. Exerting himself to the utmost, surpassing the best of his age, he could produce results of unprecedented value. . Those who expect Csoma’s works today to be timely, neglect the rapid progress of science. Obviously, their present value is of interest only to the historians of the discipline. He was of service in his own time, determining the direction of progress in his field for many a decade. The life-work of Csorna was built between two poles, exploration of the Oriental aspects of the Hungarian past, and the exploration of the culture of the Orient for its own sake. Such aims are still valid, for Hungarians engaged in oriental studies. Living heritage The achievements of the 150 years of Hungarian oriental studies, the work of subsequent generations of scholars, Ármin Vámbéry, Ignác Kunos. Gyula Németh, Lajos Fekete, Lajos Ligeti and others — clearly demonstrate how fertile the seed sown by Csorna proved to be. But the other aspect, that research is valuable only if its results and methods conform to international scholarly standards is still as true as ever. His heritage obliges every Hungarian scholar to approach the problems of the Hungarian past with this aim, and to table the results conforming to these requirements. How will the interreaction of Western and Eastern cultures shape in the future? A much debated question these days. In the course of this, certain trends in oriental studies, which developed in the West early in the modern age and which produced imposing results in the course of time, became the subject of much criticism. That such research served the economic and political aims of European expansion was often true. It is also true, that in the meeting of the continents scholarship walked its own smug Europe-centred way and relegated much it came to discover to the level of curiosities. The other side retorts pointing to the selfimposed isolation, and lack of interest in the outside world of those in the East. The motives and aims of Hungarian scholars are above reproach. Hungarian efforts were rooted in the justified needs of Hungarian scholarship. We turned towards the East because we wanted to get to know ourselves, and our work never had any overtones for which we could be censured today. Indeed, the opposite is true: Hungarian scholars have always found acknowledgement and made friends for Hungary in Asia. GYÖRGY HAZAI The Hungarians are junior European football champions Such things have only happened a long time ago and even then only rarely. Zsolt Petry, the goalie of the Hungarian junior eleven was tossed in the air to the accompanying cheers of seventy-thousand Muscovites. The brave keeper was truly one of the heroes of the Soviet— Hungarian game which decided the European junior championship. There was no score, even after extra time, and then Petry, a schoolboy at the Madách Imre gimnázium in Budapest saved two of the penalties. Finally Ervin Kovács of Újpest placed the ball in the net and that was that, the Hungarians had come out on top. Bertalan Bicskei who once kept goal for Honvéd and for Hungary has picked a first class team and he beautifully coached and motivated them for this championship. In the preliminary round they secured a one goal advantage against the Rumanians at home and then went on to beat them away at Nagyvárad, as well. In the championship proper, at Minsk, they knocked out Czechoslovakia (3:0). Spain (2:1) and Switzerland (1:0) and then Poland, in the semi-final. The final followed, against the Soviet team what’s more, playing at home. Let us not forget that Puskás etal. only beat them once in Moscow, by the odd goal, memorably scored by Czibor in September 1956. The Youth team had twice before won the championship, first founded in 1948 as the UEFA tournament: in Brussels in 1953 and in 1960 in Vienna. On a recent occasion, in Budapest, in 1976, the Soviet Union came out on top with Hungary as runners up. A number of the members of the Youth team can already look back to experience in league football Haáz. Deák and Zsivótzky (son of the Mexico City Olympic champion hammer thrower) have plaved for Ferencváros, Kálmán Kovács for Honvéd and Zsinka for Volán. There is every hone that they, and others, will make it and will some dayplav for THE Hungarian Eleven, as Tichy and Várhidi of the 1953 Youth team, and Albert. Mészöly. Farkas and Ihász of the 1960 generation did before them. The victory goes to show that there are still talented and skillful lads playing in Hungary. Given the right coaching and officials who can motivate them Hungarian teams will once again be able to plav amongst the best. This team was not iust unbeaten, they surprised everybody by displaying fitness in their game which are rare these days amongst their elders. They kept running, tackling hard, were quick to one loose ball to the final whistle and their tactics were sound They will have Dlentv of chances to show their mettle. The Europe Youth champions were invited to take part in a tournament arranged in Mexico for early 1985. Their victory also entitles them to take part in the next World Cup which will take place in Chile in June 1985. DEZSŐ VAD r: CKULTURA REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO ALBUMS ABOUT HUNGARY in English language LAKE BALATON Preface by Pongrác Galsai Corvina Kiadó 64 pp., 68 colour photographs, 195X250 mm, hardback Photo al/bum with colour plates presenting the popular bathingplaces, and the most beautiful regions, castles and peasant houses in the surroundings of the lake Balaton, too. Kapocsy, György: HORTOBÁGY Preface by Zoltán Rakonczay Corvina Kiadó 153 colour photographs, 190X250 mm, cardboard Hortobágy is one of the largest national parks in Hungary. This book describes the lives of the animals inhabiting or migrating through this area through exquisite photographs. Küüjjq Available at KULTURA Hungarian Foreign Trading Co. (H-1389 Budapest P.O.B. 149) and at its foreign distributors Halász, Zoltán: HUNGARY Corvina Kiadó 212 pp., 316 colour plates, 250X295 mm, cloth 3rd edition This book presents the most beautiful towns, art monuments and some of the most impressive countryside in Hungary through several full- and halfpage colour photographs. Szabóky, Zsolt— Száraz, György: BUDAPEST Corvina Kiadó 120 pp., 110 colour plates, 230X256 mm, cloth 2nd edition The city is not only an agglomeration of streets and squares, it is made up of legends, hittunes, jokes, former everydays, memories of holidays and catasthrophes, colours and smells. 63
