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Magyar Cymru is a Welsh-Hungarian cultural initiative that aims to build a bridge between the two countries by organizing programs and describing news and stories in three languages (Welsh, English, Hungarian).
To establish this relationship, the Hungarians made a film for the Welsh people in the summer, in which more than thirty people interested in Welsh culture expressed their message in a single sentence.
Our July video message was a huge hit with the Welsh. Several national newspapers have reported on the initiative, and the Welsh government has thanked us for our work through social media.
– reports Bálint Brunner, the founder of Magyar Cyrmu.
And the video made an impact, although the city of Montomery sent a response film to strengthen the Welsh pillars of the cultural bridge.
Both videos have a touch of the nineties. It’s as if we are stepping back a bit to a time when our already rushed world would be a calmer place than it is today.
Montgomery is a Welsh city with a population of twelve hundred. Its inhabitants mainly focused on the Hungarians when, on the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Gold, the BBC even reported on the ballad of the Hungarian poet, who sings the story of King Edward I and the five hundred Welsh axes.
City dwellers were touched by the awareness that Hungarian students learn about their city from the example of János Arany every year, at least a little. The film features Eric Fairbrother, among others, who inaugurated János Arany as an honorary citizen in 2017 as the then mayor of the city.
The surprise video produced by the Montgomery City Council led to another gesture: former Welsh singer Elizabeth Silló, main organizer of the Welsh-Hungarian concert cycle in Kunágota and the annual Welsh-Hungarian concert in Cardiff, invited Montgomery residents to both events.
Obviously, the virus can traverse live events, but virtually, apparently, with such simple but kind gestures, the connection between countries can also be strengthened.
(Top image: Sue Blower, the city’s traditional “rapprochement”, greets Hungarians in Hungarian in the presence of Mayor Haydn Andrew (left), Jill Kibble (center back) and other council members.
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