MaJel Fesztivál 25

On November 24, 2017, the Rovás Association received the property on Erzsébet Street from the Hungarian State - courtesy of the State Secretariat for National Policy - and since then we have celebrated this very important milestone in the life of our association every year. The MaJel Rovás Központ opens onto Erzsébet Street in downtown Kassa, which leads to the main entrance of Szent Erzsébet Cathedral. The abbreviation MaJel stands for the House of the Hungarian Presence, where the Hungarian spirit is present with its colors, melodies, tastes, art and cultural values. We are building a center of Hungarian culture and art (if we want to be contemporary, this is a process), which will give the city not only a Hungarian past, but also a present. The present is what will be: in other words, we ensure the future in the present.

The main goal of the MaJel Rovás Center is to provide space for the maintenance of a center in downtown Kassa, which aims to bring Slovak and Hungarian culture closer together with its lively cultural life and programs.

🔹 October 21–22. – Historical competition for grades 6–8 of Hungarian-language primary schools. for grade students. Topic: peace decrees, civil and minority rights, national unity.
Participants:
- János Hám Roman Catholic Theological High School, Szatmárnémeti;
- Primary School No. 1 in Szilágybagos,
- Sándor Márai MTNY High School and Elementary School, Kassa;
- Boldog Sára Salkaházi Egyházi School Center Szepsi;
- Buzita Elementary School;
- István Csapi Széchenyi Lyceum

🔹 October 23, 5:30 p.m. – Lecture and revolutionary memorial evening: "1956 - A patriotism is not directed against anyone, but if necessary, it opposes everything"
Guest: historian László Csaba Hidán (Károli Gáspár Reformed University). Contemporary clothing and weapons will also be presented

🔹 October 24 – MaJel Day
Performance, 5 p.m.: Alfréd Somogyi, president of the SZaKC: Hungarian Bible translations.
Exhibition opening, 6 p.m.: creative camps of the Rovás Summer Free University: a selection of works by Polish, Hungarian, Slovak and Ukrainian artists. Exhibitors: Piotr Barszcziowski (Pl), János Makray (Hu), Ger Varga (Nl), Péter Lukács (Hu), Jolanta Kontek (Pl), Ottó Szabó (Sk), Renáta Szyszlak (Pl), Taras Usik (Ua), Laco Demko (Sk), Roland Neupauer (Sk), Iza Kostiukow (Pl), Judit Nagy (Hu), Anna Biela (Pl), Magdalena Uchman (Pl), Kamila Bednarska (Pl), Richard Kucab (Pl), Barnabás Bódis (Hu), Andrea Balló (Hu), Kasia Tereszkiewicz (Pl), Ewa Sudol (Pl), Piotr Lewandowski (Pl)
The exhibition opened by: Ágnes Kovács.
Music program, 19.00: Pátria Ensemble, Csámborgó Folk Music Ensemble. Marcell Kováts, László Sterbinszky, Péter Major and Mátyás Czuczor.