On the Culture of Matyóland

The unexplored and unexploited matyó heritage

This book is edited by János Pap, Chairman of MAME, and contains the documents of the readers’ meetings in 2005. Matyóland Artists and Friends Association( MAME) is commited to discover and display the past and present of Mezőkövesd. The aim of the readers’ meeting was to present and discuss unexplored issues. The readers can learn about the electrification of the town in 1905, the foundation of the Zsóry spa, can have a taster in genealogy, can read about the Saint Ann worship, the art of József Dala and István Takács, the transformation of the Matyó Museum, the everyday life of the fourth Matyó village, Dolya, the works of popular writers, the writings of Gyula Kiss and György Benkóczy, the local history collection of the town library. The book is illustrated with black-and-white photos.

The book is available in Hungarian!