Táncház és a KALÁKA
Folk Dance and Music Festivals

Summary/Abstract: On 21th November of 1977, the Hungarian language programme of the Romanian Television broadcasts the images of the first festival of Hungarian folk dances and music from Bucharest,organized at the Sports Hall of Cluj with the participation of the pupils of the Sámuel Brassai Highschool in Cluj, Gábor Bethlen Highschool of Aiud, and Industrial Highschool of Covasna. Thes hows were made with help of complex technical equipment and had a high budget. The movements pread to all important highschools of Transylvania. 27 highschool participated in the 9 festivals organized. The editor of the shows, Katalin Simonffy, presents the story of their creation and the history of the folk dance movement (táncház) of those times.

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