The church feast (templombúcsú), or “torkosbúcsú,” is usually held on the feast day of the church’s patron saint. This day sometimes coincides with the anniversary of the church’s consecration.
The torkosbúcsú is a regularly recurring occasion for relatives who have moved away to return home and meet again. It takes place every year. Moreover, the feast involves the entire village. Thus, it is not only members of a single family—those who have moved away and those who have remained—who gather, as at a wedding, but every family in the village.
Consequently, through the conversations in front of the church, the afternoon strolls, and the presence of both locals and those who have moved away, a seemingly fragmented yet invisibly connected community—the historic village—comes together. In the second half of the 20th century, as the number of those who had moved away increased, these homecomings and feast-day gatherings became ever more important.
LET’S MEET AT THE FEAST OF ST ELIZABETH HOME TOO
