We aren’t so professional, that we couldn’t be amateurs. A ’jubileum’ talk with the members of Pipacsok.
Formed in 1987, but officially only announced in 1988 the Pipacsok Folkdance group will have its 20th anniversary this year. Twenty years is a very long time for a traditional dance group that in the meantime has become a symbol, a school and workshop of dance and music, where next to singing and dancing one can experience the treasure of our folk traditions.
The special occasion of the 20th reunion has encouraged me to have a series of interviews with the members of the different age-groups, asking them about their personal experiences gained during these years. The gathering took place at László Csaba’s home, since funny enough the dance group still hasn’t got a place for itself. When the twenty or twenty two people got together the film shots fell into places and I got a colorful and complete picture of these decades. The conversation started off in a real natural tone, probably due to the fact that the group feels very much at home there since the often even rehears ‘at home’. As we were sitting around the ‘enlarged’ kitchen table it felt like they were a complete family though from different generations, the eldest members being in their mid thirties and the youngest ones just having turned teenagers.
What is that’s holding them together? It is the dance, the music and the love of the lifestyle that comes with these treasures.
