Faith and Hungarian Folk Traditions — A Conversation with Anna Kertész and Ildikó Tarnóczy

Faith and Hungarian Folk Traditions — A Conversation with Anna Kertész and Ildikó Tarnóczy

This is the translation of the original interview, published in Magyar Kurír on 19 November 2022. Teacher Anna (Panni) Kertész, who came from a Greek Catholic family of 11 children in Sárospatak, Hungary, and is a resident of Garfield, New Jersey, has been easing her 40-year-long homesickness by preserving Hungarian cultural values. She founded the Lant és Toll and Lantocska tradition-preserving groups, co-leading them for the past 18 years with…