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Hungarians living in and around Washington, D.C., greeted the 20th of August, the Hungarian national holiday, on Sunday with bread baked from Hungarian and American flour, the “Bread of the American Hungarians,” reports Magyar Nemzet.
Wheat from different parts of the Carpathian Basin was mixed with grains grown in America, symbolizing the American Hungarians’ sense of belonging to Hungary, at the ceremony held at the Kossuth House.
This year, the Kossuth Foundation, organizer of the ceremony, joined the Bread of Hungarians program.
Sándor Végh, Chair of the Kossuth Foundation since December 2022, stressed that
the goal of the diaspora is to survive, and today all the conditions are in place for this. The community, being key to this, is also a given, as evidenced by the joint celebration in Washington,
the leader of the foundation noted, adding that the grains of wheat that arrived from Hungary in 2023, represent the same sense of togetherness as the Hungarian soil from the lands of historic Hungary sent to the then Hungarian Americans 121 years ago.
Sándor Végh, Chair of the Kossuth Foundation.
The Bread of the Hungarians of America was blessed by Judit Mayer, senior pastor of the Hungarian Reformed Church in Washington, D.C.
Judit Mayer blessing the Bread of the Hungarians of America.
Hungary’s Embassy was represented at the event by Zsuzsanna Fekete, the Embassy’s new Community Diplomat for Diaspora Affairs.
The festive program was performed by the folk music group Szikra banda, a group of local Hungarians, and the Tisza Ensemble, a dance group founded in 1982.
Tisza Ensemble dancing at the Kossuth House D.C., celebrating Hungary’s Founding Day.
Featured images: Facebook/Kossuth Foundation