Matyó

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Matyó szűr (a traditional garment) embroidery

The Matyó[1] are a subgroup of Hungarians. The Matyó people populate an ethnographic region in Northern Hungary, called " (Matyóföld)". Matyó Land consists of the town of Mezőkövesd and its vicinity. The Matyó have retained distinctive traditions, costumes and embroidery.

Origin[]

Traditionally, the Matyó and Palóc populations were considered to share common ancestors but recent researches question this shared origin.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Zsolt Nagy, Great Expectations and Interwar Realities: Hungarian Cultural Diplomacy, 1918-1941, Central European University Press, 2017, p. 209, ISBN 9789633861943
  2. ^ Human Biology, Volume 68, Issues 1-3, Wayne State University Press, 1996, p. 353


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