Kepéné Bihar Mária - Lendvai Kepe Zoltán: Domonkosfai értékőrzők (Lendva, 2012)
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Recommendation What makes Őrség so magical is that anyone who visits it even once is taken by it forever. Perhaps the reason is that loyalty is still eternal there. Őrség and its people have been supporting each other for centuries, the ground feeds and keeps its residents, and the people of Őrség devotedly safeguard the traditions of their smaller and wider homeland. They did the same even in the most difficult times: they acted as border guards when enemies attacked the region and whenever others intended to sweep Hungarians away with a wind of change. The rushing world has long forgotten the binding power of a given word, the noble touch of items made of wood, the medicine in trees and grass, the taste of forest mushrooms and pumpkin oil, when the residents of Őrség still loyally preserve them. Recently even ‘civilised’ town people were reached by disappointment: they realised that this useless ‘plastic world’ was wearing out fast and that Őrség selflessly returned to people who turned their backs to nature what they missed from life: the picturesque and visible landscape, peace and quiet, the warmth of a home and homely flavours. The values preserved by the people of Őrség luckily live their renaissance these days. They attract anyone who has respect for the values of the past from the whole world. The efforts of the local Hungarian community to create a local history and ethnography collection in a building at 41 Domonkosfa, built on the order of the Kalamár family in 1931, is a nice example of such renaissance efforts. The family engaged in agriculture included the most affluent citizens of the settlement, who also operated the pálinka distillery. The impressive building, reminiscent of noble estates and its numerous side and outbuildings are most suitable for 3
