An intercultural folk song and dance gala was organized as the final event of the winning project called Digitradition – Digitization of traditions, music and folk dances in Valea Ierului in Săcueni on June 25.

At the cross-cultural event, the audience could see Hungarian, Romanian, German and Slovak folk dances, as well as hear folk songs. On the Slovakian side, the show was given by the Cerovine Folklore Group from Valea Cerului, on the Romanian side the young group of the Together for Diosig Association, German folk song and dance courtesy of the Ährenkranz dance group from Petrești, and on the Hungarian side diversity was provided in the afternoon by the folk dance group Zajgó from Săcueni, the little Zajgó, the Csorgó dance group from Cubulcut and the Búzavirág folk song ensemble from Săcueni.

In June, as part of the Digitradition project – Digitization of folk traditions, folk music and folk dance in the Ier Valley region, we got to know traditional folk songs, folk dances and traditional costumes, thanks to Noémi Dévai and the Ährenkranz group from Petrești.

The project is supported by the European Solidarity Corps, organised by the Ér Hangja Association, in partnership with the Petőfi Sándor High School, the Zajgó Folk Dance Group from Săcueni and the Săcueni Town Hall.

You can read more about it on the Erhangja International Facebook page, where you can find photos, interesting podcasts and videos.

Thanks to the Digitradition project – Digitization of folk traditions, folk music and folk dance in the Ier Valley region, the winning project of the Ér Hangja Association from Săcueni, we were able to get to know the folk costumes, dances, songs and folk traditions of the Slovak communities living in the region. Iaroslav Zetocha, instructor of the Cerovina Folk Ensemble from Valea Cerului, showed us these aspects of Slovak culture, their folk songs, dances and traditional costumes in May. The project is supported by the European Solidarity Corps, organised by the Ér Hangja Association, in partnership with the Petőfi Sándor High School, the Zajgó Folk Dance Group from Săcueni and the Săcueni Town Hall. You can read more about it on the Erhangja International Facebook page, where you can find photos, interesting podcasts and videos.

Hungarian folk songs were performed – after the presentation of Romanian folk songs – the singing of the women of the Búzavirág Popular Choir from Săcueni filled the Szent László hall of the Ady Endre Cultural Center at the end of April. The event is part of the program series Digitradition – Digitisation of folk traditions, folk music and folk dance in Ier Valley, which was launched in February by the Ér Hangja Egyesület Association.

The group which is composed mostly of retired people was founded twenty years ago, the group now meets weekly under the leadership of music teacher Csilla Béres to rehearse and practice older songs and learn new ones. The presented collection of folk songs consisted of songs collected by Ildikó Bárdosi, an outstanding folk artist, folk singer and folk musician, from the Târnava coast of Bihor County, so the songs were authentically characteristic of the landscape. The notes captured in the audio recording became available for everyone to listen to in the context of a podcast.

At the Arts High School in Oradea in the middle of March, students were able to discover, observe and learn more about folk costumes, traditions, dances and popular songs typical of the Romanian community.

This was the first event within the winning project Digitradition – Digitization of folk traditions, folk music and folk dance, of the Er Hangja Association.